– Over in one minute –
Bill Wilson, visiting from Indiana, saw the incident from the balcony of his Grand Floridian room and said the attack unfolded in less than 30 seconds. Within a minute, the gator and boy were gone.
He said it first sounded like a fight had broken out.
“I looked over and here comes one of the lifeguards. He said ‘Everybody get out of the water.’ The mother was there and she was frantic, running up and down looking,” Wilson told the Orlando Sentinel.
Wilson said Disney staff and first responders reacted quickly.
The Grand Floridian is part of the massive Disney resort complex that includes several theme parks, water parks, hotels and golf courses.
“As a parent and a grandparent, my heart goes out to the Graves family during this time of devastating loss,” said Robert Iger, chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company.
“My thoughts and prayers are with them, and I know everyone at Disney joins me in offering our deepest sympathies.”
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