Alligator drags toddler into lagoon at Disney resort in Florida


  • World
  • Thursday, 16 Jun 2016

Wildlife officials search the Seven Seas lagoon at Walt Disney World resort after an alligator dragged a two-year-old boy into the water in Orlando, Florida, June 15, 2016. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Police divers on Wednesday recovered the body of a 2-year-old boy who was grabbed by an alligator in front of his family during a vacation at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

The child was snatched by the alligator as he played at the water's edge on Tuesday night and dragged into a lagoon despite his parents' effort to save him.

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