2 Year Old Dragged into Water by Gator at Disney Resort

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What was the right thing? Alligator attacks are extremely rare.

Posting signs warning of gators...like every other resort, golf course, etc. in Florida. Duh.

[Anonymous]

Disney was sued by the family of a boy who drowned in the moat around Cinderella's castle. They let the boy climb a fence to go play. Disney was not held responsible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Disney was sued by the family of a boy who drowned in the moat around Cinderella's castle. They let the boy climb a fence to go play. Disney was not held responsible.

Totally distinguishable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Disney was sued by the family of a boy who drowned in the moat around Cinderella's castle. They let the boy climb a fence to go play. Disney was not held responsible.

Not the same thing at all.

In this situation the parents were right with their little boy. It never even dawned on them that a danger like this could be in the water. But Disney apparently was well aware that gators could be in that water. At the very least the sign should have said "Danger: no swimming or wading".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was the right thing? Alligator attacks are extremely rare.

Posting signs warning of gators...like every other resort, golf course, etc. in Florida. Duh.

Right, except most of them don't have warnings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was the right thing? Alligator attacks are extremely rare.

Posting signs warning of gators...like every other resort, golf course, etc. in Florida. Duh.

Right, except most of them don't have warnings.

Our timeshare does not have signs posted all over. People thinking there are signs at every resort, every lake, every golf course are wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was the right thing? Alligator attacks are extremely rare.

Posting signs warning of gators...like every other resort, golf course, etc. in Florida. Duh.

Right, except most of them don't have warnings.

Our timeshare does not have signs posted all over. People thinking there are signs at every resort, every lake, every golf course are wrong.

Most golf courses in FL do not have signs warning of gators. It is s given. Just like mosquitos.

[Anonymous]

I live in Florida now after spending 20+years in DC. We have a lake in our back yard and there's an alligator in it. Right now. I saw him/her today. There are no signs. In fact I have never seen a sign posted warning of alligators. I don't know where you folks see these signs. My DH plays golf all over--no signs.
Anyway, the reason there are no signs is, alligators are a very small threat to human life. Small dogs, yes, those disappear, but children, NO. It is so rare that no one is ever concerned about it. The alligators stay away from us, and we avoid them.
All this is to say, what happened here was a freak accident. No one is to blame. Can Disney make it safer so that this doesn't happen again? Yes. But to anyone who is terrified of alligators or like my over reactive friends on Facebook who say they will never be able to come to Florida again? Come on, gimme a break. It's safer here than DC.

[Anonymous]

Arguing with the die hard Floridians who don't see what's wrong since they are from there and alligators are everywhere is futile. They just don't get it and never will. Of course, Floridians are not known for being the sharpest knife in the U.S. regardless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Arguing with the die hard Floridians who don't see what's wrong since they are from there and alligators are everywhere is futile. They just don't get it and never will. Of course, Floridians are not known for being the sharpest knife in the U.S. regardless.

If only they could be as smart as you, spouting off inaccurate facts about the state you don't live in and then arguing they don't know,what they are talking about when they correct you.

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There's this great scene in Grey's Anatomy where they make intern George do literally everything he can think of to try to save a DOA on his first day. Everyone knows this guy is completely DOA, and George is frustrated that his time is wasted. At the end of the day, he realizes why they did it. So that he could look the family in the eye and say, "We did everything we could to save him."

It is true that you cannot protect everyone from every danger in the world. But here's what you can do. You can put up signs warning of the very real possibility that an alligator will be present in a body of water in Florida. You do what you can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arguing with the die hard Floridians who don't see what's wrong since they are from there and alligators are everywhere is futile. They just don't get it and never will. Of course, Floridians are not known for being the sharpest knife in the U.S. regardless.

If only they could be as smart as you, spouting off inaccurate facts about the state you don't live in and then arguing they don't know,what they are talking about when they correct you.

Yes, never been there or anywhere outside of my own state/region (sarcastic - which means " marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt" -though I may have to define contempt for you).

[Anonymous]

Poor baby!!!!! Being eaten by alligator, could you imagine the pain and shock before he life is gone, even if it is few minutes. I can't imagine what his parents could be going through after they actually witness this. So, so horrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arguing with the die hard Floridians who don't see what's wrong since they are from there and alligators are everywhere is futile. They just don't get it and never will. Of course, Floridians are not known for being the sharpest knife in the U.S. regardless.

If only they could be as smart as you, spouting off inaccurate facts about the state you don't live in and then arguing they don't know,what they are talking about when they correct you.

Yes, never been there or anywhere outside of my own state/region (sarcastic - which means " marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt" -though I may have to define contempt for you).

I hope you never travel outside of the United states bible because the rest of the world cares a lot less about smacking warning labels on everything that poses even a 1 in a billion risk. Next time you go for a walk would you like there top be a sign on your door warning you that you might get hot by a car?

When you get in a can should there be a warning sign that you might get abducted?

When you walk in the woods should every tree at the perimeter earn you of bears?

At bars should every bartender tell you the dangers of drinking?

Every restaurant to warn you that you might choke?

Should every movie theater put a sign up warning you that they don't have metal detectors so you might get shot.

Seriously this was a freak accident and life is unpredictable. It is reasonable to assume that Disney was using their 30 year track record at that lagoon to assume that it was a negligible risk that this could happen.

This isn't just Floridians being cavalier. It's life, and all of you apparently wanting to have your cake and eat it to (ie live your life but in a perfectly safe bubble).

This was a horrific accident and what the family is going through is unimaginable. The entire american public circling their story like sharks trying to parcel out blame between the park and themselves is not helping. Back the eff off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arguing with the die hard Floridians who don't see what's wrong since they are from there and alligators are everywhere is futile. They just don't get it and never will. Of course, Floridians are not known for being the sharpest knife in the U.S. regardless.

If only they could be as smart as you, spouting off inaccurate facts about the state you don't live in and then arguing they don't know,what they are talking about when they correct you.

Yes, never been there or anywhere outside of my own state/region (sarcastic - which means " marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt" -though I may have to define contempt for you).

I hope you never travel outside of the United states bible because the rest of the world cares a lot less about smacking warning labels on everything that poses even a 1 in a billion risk. Next time you go for a walk would you like there top be a sign on your door warning you that you might get hot by a car?

When you get in a can should there be a warning sign that you might get abducted?

When you walk in the woods should every tree at the perimeter earn you of bears?

At bars should every bartender tell you the dangers of drinking?

Every restaurant to warn you that you might choke?

Should every movie theater put a sign up warning you that they don't have metal detectors so you might get shot.

Seriously this was a freak accident and life is unpredictable. It is reasonable to assume that Disney was using their 30 year track record at that lagoon to assume that it was a negligible risk that this could happen.

This isn't just Floridians being cavalier. It's life, and all of you apparently wanting to have your cake and eat it to (ie live your life but in a perfectly safe bubble).

This was a horrific accident and what the family is going through is unimaginable. The entire american public circling their story like sharks trying to parcel out blame between the park and themselves is not helping. Back the eff off.

Bible was a typo, not some weird dig at religious people