Photos: Alligator drags toddler into lake at Walt Disney World
The two-year-old victim was identified as Lane Graves of Elkhorn, Nebraska -- a suburb of Omaha. His parents are Matt and Melissa Graves, Demings said.
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An alligator dragged a 2-year-old Nebraska boy, Lane Graves, into a lagoon at Walt Disney World near the upscale Grand Floridian Resort & Spa on June 14, 2016. The toddler’s body was recovered the next day.
Search and rescue boats are seen on a beach near the Walt Disney World’s Grand Floridian resort hotel where a 2-year-old boy was taken by an alligator as he waded in the waters of the Seven Seas Lagoon on June 15, 2016.
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Authorities search for the body of a missing two-year-old boy near the Grand Floridian resort at Walt Disney World on June 15, 2016.
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Authorities search June 15, 2016, for the body of a two-year-old boy who was attacked by an alligator near the Grand Floridian resort at Walt Disney World.
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The beach area of Walt Disney World’s Grand Floridian resort hotel is seen on June 15, 2016, after a 2-year-old boy was taken by an alligator as he waded in the waters of the Seven Seas Lagoon.
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A helicopter flies near Walt Disney World’s Grand Floridian resort where a 2-year-old boy was taken by an alligator as he waded in the waters of the Seven Seas Lagoon.
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In the shadow of the Magic Kingdom, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Officers search for a young boy June 15, 2016, after he was grabbed the previous night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World near Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
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Florida Fish and Wildlife officials search for a 2-year-old boy boy June 15, 2016, after the boy was dragged into the water the previous night by an alligator near Disney’s upscale Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
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Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings speaks at a news conference about a 2-year-old boy who was dragged into the water by an alligator on the shores of Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa on June 14, 2016, in Orlando, Fla.
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Florida Fish and Wildlife officials search for a 2-year-old boy boy June 15, 2016, after the boy was dragged into the water the previous night by an alligator near Disney’s upscale Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
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Florida Fish and Wildlife officials search for a 2-year-old boy boy June 15, 2016, after the boy was dragged into the water the previous night by an alligator near Disney’s upscale Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
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Police officers search for a child who was pulled into the water by an alligator near Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Orlando, Florida, on June 14, 2016.
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Police officers search for a child who was pulled into the water by an alligator near Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Orlando, Florida, on June 14, 2016.
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A groundsman rakes the beaches of Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa at Disney World in Orlando, Fla., on April 11, 2008.
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