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Thursday, November 13, 2025

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Thursday, November 13, 2025

Toddler snatched by alligator near Disney resort still missing

Orlando Sheriff updates media on the status of missing child following alligator attack near Disney resort (IMAGE: Twitter Eliott C. McLaughlin @EliottCNN)
Orlando Sheriff updates media on the status of missing child following alligator attack near Disney resort (IMAGE: Twitter Eliott C. McLaughlin @EliottCNN)

An alligator grabbed a 2-year-old boy and dragged him into a lagoon Tuesday night at a Disney hotel near Orlando as his father desperately tried to save him.

A frantic overnight search to find the boy was unsuccessful, authorities said Wednesday morning, but search efforts will continue with “fresh eyes.”
“This is still a search and rescue operation,” said Jeff Williamson, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. “We are very hopeful. We are hoping for the best.”
Hours after the Tuesday night attack, the toddler was still missing despite a frantic overnight search to find him.
The child was “wading just in the water along the lake’s edge at the time that the alligator attacked,” Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said.
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