Death at Disney: Boy, two, snatched by an alligator in resort lagoon as his father tried to save him - and his body has yet to be recovered despite mass searches by helicopters, boats and sonar

• A two-year-old boy was playing in a foot of water at the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Tuesday night when he was dragged into the Seven Seas Lagoon by an alligator 
• The boy's father tried to wrestle him away from the vicious gator but was not successful 
• On Wednesday, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said that the search for the missing boy was being turned into a recovery effort, since there is no hope he could have survived the attack 
• More than 50 people are currently looking for the boy's body, using boats, a helicopter and sonar 
• Meanwhile, Walt Disney World officials have closed all of the beaches at their lakefront properties   
• Since the incident, trappers have caught and killed five gators, which they have dissected to look for remains 
• Distraught parents and two siblings are being looked after by victims' advocates  
  
  
  
  

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