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JI7

(89,238 posts)
Thu Jun 16, 2016, 12:16 AM Jun 2016

Lane Graves is 2 Year old Boy that lost his life in Alligator Attack

based on the 2nd pic looks like he has an older sister also. older than she is in that pic now and will remember this . based on everything i have read so far they should never have had that movie night thing and should have had more warnings of the alligators.



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Lane Graves is 2 Year old Boy that lost his life in Alligator Attack (Original Post) JI7 Jun 2016 OP
OMG, what a precious...I can't.... ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2016 #1
So sad. 840high Jun 2016 #2
Poor little guy. cyberswede Jun 2016 #3
I think I read today the sister is now 4-years old. herding cats Jun 2016 #4
You're right radical noodle Jun 2016 #8
Seriously. How do you get over that? Beaverhausen Jun 2016 #9
No words... Quackers Jun 2016 #5
Sad. Kaleva Jun 2016 #6
How awful. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2016 #7
............ steve2470 Jun 2016 #10
That poor baby! BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #11
CNN has more news on this passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #12
One can only imagine the guilt he must feel Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #13

herding cats

(19,558 posts)
4. I think I read today the sister is now 4-years old.
Thu Jun 16, 2016, 12:22 AM
Jun 2016

I may have that wrong, my brain was in a total meltdown mode by the time I read that article.

radical noodle

(7,997 posts)
8. You're right
Thu Jun 16, 2016, 12:29 AM
Jun 2016

They said she is four and the whole family saw him being carried away. They were here from Nebraska. Can't imagine the horror and nightmares this will cause.







Beaverhausen

(24,469 posts)
9. Seriously. How do you get over that?
Thu Jun 16, 2016, 12:41 AM
Jun 2016

How do you stop seeing him being carried away over and over.

So sad.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
12. CNN has more news on this
Thu Jun 16, 2016, 11:12 PM
Jun 2016

The autopsy shows Lane died of traumatic injury and drowning.

Now, the part that pisses me off:

In April of 2015, a previous guest at a different Disney resort (3.5 miles south of this one) was with his 5-year-old son who was wading in a lagoon The father saw an alligator coming straight at his son. He pulled his son out, then saw a second alligator. He warned a hotel manager, who said they were local pets and wouldn't hurt anyone. The father warned them at some point, some day, one of their resident pets would kill somebody.

This father was an attorney. He wish he had taken this further than just talking to a local manager. I'm not blaming him, but obviously Disney didn't do a damned thing about it.

Here is the CNN clip. I can't embed: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/previous-visitors-say-they-warned-disney-about-alligators/



Maru Kitteh

(28,313 posts)
13. One can only imagine the guilt he must feel
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 12:18 AM
Jun 2016

Of course it wasn't his responsibility, but that's a hard sell to one's conscience.

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