posted at the Grand Floridian beach before the attack, those parents would not have been anywhere near the water's edge with their kids.
Everything the resort did encouraged parents to assume that the beach at night was a perfectly safe environment for family fun:
1. "Beach Night" event, with showing of kids' movies
2. bench swings and beach chairs near the water's edge
3. Not preventing the numerous kids playing on the beach and wading in the water
***Bench swings and beach chairs near the water (the picture can't be embedded--you have to follow the link to the web page):
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/16/us/alligator-child-florida-orlando-disney.html#modal-lightbox
***Kids playing on the beach near the water and also wading in the water (and not being prevented by staff):
***The following pics were taken less than an hour before the attack--and in the same spot:
***The blue circle in this picture shows where the screen was placed for the movies shown on "Beach Night":
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