Back of the boat that no longer has the engine, the man in the gray shirt was behind the wheel, he told the investigators they were in the boat together, taking part of a fishing competition, and they hit something, the driver sustained minor injuries and the other man fell into the water, and didnt resurface, until the Sheriffs Office dive team if you would body out. It narrows way down the water moves fast. Hes been fishing here for a quarter of a century his fatherinlaw died in a boating accident in the same waters, 16 years ago. If you have a life jacket on, you have a chance of survival. Yanda if i cant understand why he wasnt in a life jacket. The driver was not cited and allowed to leave. Its tough, theres trees and submerged items in the water,and theres seaweed, and he could have got tied up or panicked, its sad you have to go through this to get everybody aware of the delta. The Sheriffs Office iswet holding the mans identity until notifying the next of kin. Another guide has
Unless there was a Major Development in the meantime. And now a News Conference set to begin there. So you can read into the possible meanings of that, but well be bringing you that as soon as it begins. The toddler was snatched by the alligator at dusk while he and his parents were wading in about a foot of water. At a man made lagoon at the grand floridian hotel. The father attempted to wrestle the boy away. He failed to do that. Earlier, the deputy confirmed the child could not have survived that attack and the focus had shifted to a recovery effort to gain closure for the family. Blake mccoy is in lake buna vista, florida, where this tragedy took place. Blake, looks like well be getting an update sooner than we expected from authorities down there. What does that mean . Yeah, thats right. Our next update was scheduled for 6 00. Its 4 00 now, and we were told there would not be any earlier updates unless there were Significant Developments in the case. We do know they had stopped th
Forward from Something Like this . The sheriff also said that disney is doing everything that they can to comfort the family. There were a lot of questions in that briefing, fair questions about what disney could have done to perhaps prevent this kind of thing. The sheriff essentially said that, you know, they have been in Central Florida for more than 47 years and they have handled situations not like this before but theyve handled situations where theres been wildlife on their property before. They have an entire Wildlife Management Division Within disney to handle these kinds of situations. Typically they observe these animals in their natural habitat and when they get to a certain size, they are moved to an area that is better for the animal and for the people in general. But in this case, obviously this was something that was un almost impossible to foresee in this situation, from what weve heard from officials. There were questions about potentially putting a fence around this la
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Orlando, florida, still reeling from sundays terror massacre has left horrified with the death of a 2yearold child. Late today after an intense daylong search, officials made the grim announcement that the body of the little nebraska boy had been recovered. He was snatched while wading in a lagoon at disney worlds grand floridian resort, as witnesses watched in horror. Nbcs Kerry Sanders now with late details. Reporter a nonstop search from the air, on the water, and deep into the lake today, where divers and technicians used underwater sonar hoping to find signs of life. And also the gator that attacked. But after 16 agonizing hours, heartbreak. The Orange County Sheriffs Office dive team located what is believed to be the remains of the deceased, a 2yearold. Reporter its this beach where lane was grabbed by an alligator believed to be 4 and 7 feet long. Witnesses say they
On the phone. Jack, repeat the question, how could this possibly happen . The child was wading in less than a foot of water, in a rather crowded commercial area. Well, stewart, the thing is ive never seen a gator there. However this time of year the gators are looking to mate. They are not there encouraging gators, trust me. A gator can go down streets at night and go through pipes, come through all kinds of swamps around that place. And by the way, obviously the person the gator wants to go for theyre afraid. If it was hungry, and there was ankles splashing around that to the gator is something that gator might want. Follow me . So the terrible thing is the gator is like the little eyes stick above the water to come towards that source of noise. They can pick up vibrations in the water. He runs like a bullet and hes there and what happened is a tragic thing. Thats a large lagoon. 17 acres. Is it difficult to keep them out . Its almost keeping a bird of prey. I had to get them inside o