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This is horrible. I can't imagine. I dont want to. Every time I try to picture the scene and the terror those parents and that poor baby felt my mind redirects to something else. I am praying for this family. How do you go on? So so sad.

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We should all read this

http://www.oneroomcabin.com/2016/06/15/to-the-mom-of-the-gator-attack-at-the-grand-floridian-wdw/


It's not about the setup of Disney. It's not about common sense

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Alligator drags toddler into lagoon at Disney hotel

I've been to Disney before and have stayed on the property. I was always very confused at the beach setting but then being told that you're not allowed to go in the water to swim.

While we didn't swim, I did dip my toes.

I was always under an impression that everything in Disney is man-made, including the lakes and lagoons. I just wouldn't think that they would be alligators in there or anything because if it's man-made, how would they get there? Previous poster said that they can come into the pipes and stuff and I never even thought about that. Especially while being on vacation and having fun.

There is such a false sense of security at Disney I think.

There should be signs that there are gators. This is a park that has thought of everything you can imagine, down to the science of having the proper amount of feet between garbage cans because they've studied how long you would walk with a piece of garbage before wanting to litter.

It's horrible and tragic and the least they can do is put up some signs.

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Yes I know the names of the hotels

My
Point is the whole Disney experience is not for the beach hotel part as in comparison to a sandals vacation etc

That was my point.

When you see a Disney commercial it's not advertised to come relax on the beach.

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I'm sorry. I just don't get bc some of the hotels have a beach theme it gives a false sense of security

I don't even get why that's coming up

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Parents, I beg of you, stop blaming and shaming other parents.

35 years ago, a mom shopping in a Sears department store went to go look at lamps, and left her six year old with another group of boys, who were all trying out the new Atari game at a kiosk. That boy’s name was Adam Walsh.

30 years ago, an 18 month old toddler playing in her aunt’s backyard fell into a well. Rescuers worked nonstop for 58 hours, finally freeing “Baby Jessica” from the well.

In both cases a tragedy happened, an unforeseen tragic accident took place which left Adam dead, and a toddler fighting for her life deep underground. But they also has something else in common; they had an entire country of moms and dads supporting the grieving parents.

Let me repeat that, EVERYONE SUPPORTED THE RESCUE EFFORTS WITHOUT BLAME. NO BLAME. None. ZERO.

No questions asked, not one single “Where were the parents?” comment. Just a country of other moms and dads, grandmas and grandpas watching in horror as a set of parents, one of their own, went through the unthinkable. Adam was our son. Jessica was our baby daughter.

THOSE PARENTS WERE US.

Flash forward to 2016, the year of THE PERFECT PARENT.

Yesterday, a two year old boy, splashing in the magical lakefront waters of a Disney Resort, succumbed to the wilds of mother nature. An aggressive alligator scooped him out of the water, right under the watch of his father, who attempted to fight with the alligator to free his baby son. Pure horror. Sheer Terror. Parents who actually had to watch their baby be taken from them, as if in some African nature documentary.

A tragic and unforeseeable accident. An accident.

I weep for this mother and father. I am sick with anguish for the pain, agony, misery, and regret pulsating through their viens this very second. And I bet you are too.

But not everyone is.

You see, we now live in a time where accidents are not allowed happen. You heard me. Accidents, of any form, in any way, and at any time, well, they just don’t happen anymore.

Why? Because BLAME and SHAME.

Because we have become a nation of BLAMERS and SHAMERS.

And how are accidents allowed to happen if we can’t blame someone? Surly, they can’t, right? I mean, random acts of nature, unpreventable tragedies, and fateful life changing events that take place in a matter of nanoseconds cannot possibly take place if everyone is being a responsible parent, right? NOPE.

They can’t, because this country and its population of perfect pitchfork carrying mothers and fathers sitting behind keyboards needs to accuse. They NEED TO BLAME, to disparage, to criticize in every damn way and at every damn corner, the parenting of another.

And when do they really get to lick their blaming chops? When a tragic accident happens. That’s when the pouncing is at its freshest, when raw emotion and ignorance collide, and they dig their word claws in, and take hold of whatever grace these grieving mothers and fathers have left in their souls.

And then they tear it out.

Listen to me very clearly perfect parents, VERY CLEARLY.

I’VE HAD ENOUGH.

I’ve had enough of scrolling through comment threads and seeing over and over again questions like “Where were the parents?” and thoughts like, “This is what happens when you don’t watch your kids.”

I have simply HAD ENOUGH.

I have one question for the blaming and shaming moms and dads. You know the ones who immediately blame the parents, the ones who go on the internet and type comments like, “This is nothing but neglect by the parents,” and “They should have known better. Who was watching that little boy?” and my favorite, “I would never let that happen to my kid.”

Here is my question,

Have you ever been to a child’s funeral before?

I have.

The funeral of a child is an event in life that you never, ever want to experience.

Now let me ask you another question.

In the coming week these parents will fly back to their home in Nebraska without one of their children. They will leave a vacation resort, packing up his Buzz Lightyear pajamas and his favorite blanket, and they will make an excruciatingly difficult journey home. A journey that they never in a million years thought they would be making.

They will meet with a funeral director, pick out a tiny casket, a tiny burial suit, and surrounded by family, they will bury their baby boy.

And they will suffer every single day for the rest of their life.

At the funeral for this two year boy who died in front of his parents, can you do me a favor? Can you walk up to the mother and say the words that you just typed out last week? Can you? Can you greet her, hug her, shake the father’s hand and then say, “ Who was watching that little boy? You should have known better. I would never let that happen to MY child.”

Can you do that for me? I mean, you felt those words so deeply in your heart and soul that you typed them for a million people to read. Certainly you can say it straight to the faces of the people you meant it for, right?

Here, let me help you.

Put away your pitchfork for a moment and try this.

To the mother and father who went for a walk on vacation for the last time with their little boy yesterday, I am deeply sorry that you had to experience the worst kind of tragedy possible, an accident. I grieve with you. Your baby was my baby. Your son was my son. I have nothing but love for you, love to help you get though the pain yesterday, today, and for what is gonna seem like a thousand tomorrows. I wrap my thoughts and prayers around your aching heart and soul. May the God of this universe in some miraculous way bring peace to you and your family.

That is what you say. THAT. And just THAT.

Stop the blaming.

Stop the shaming.

In their darkest hours, can we please just LOVE other parents. Please?

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There are some truly awful people on these boards.

I dont know about some of you....but all Ive done was pray for peace, strength and comfort for these parents and family.

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I see this as a tragic accident. I don't think anyone is to blame. This was a wild animal attack.

It makes me sick to think about that family having to get on a plane without their baby. To think that their exciting vacation was not only ruined but changed their lives so horrifically is just unfathomable. The last images of their son in their mind are of him in the jaws of a gator. Nobody should have to endure that nightmare. Ever.

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I think it matters because by having chairs on the sand, next to the water is inviting people to the danger. disney literally brought people from the "secure walking path" to the edge of a lagoon. Where they knew alligators lived in a lagoon. Making an attractive nuisance is against the law. I am sure disney will settle with the family, but it will never bring their kid back. For me it is just horribly sad. But I think disney could have done more to prevent the child's death. Like not having movie night next to a lagoon without a fence or sign that says alligators. But at the end of the day, with all of this quarterbacking, a poor, innocent, child died. It saddens me immensely that nothing anyone here can say or do anything to bring him back, or ease his parents anguish. There is just nothing and that sucks.

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Posted by gina409

We should all read this

http://www.oneroomcabin.com/2016/06/15/to-the-mom-of-the-gator-attack-at-the-grand-floridian-wdw/


It's not about the setup of Disney. It's not about common sense

Thank you for this. My heart breaks for those parents and I truly hope all those that have passed judgement here never have to face the tradegy of losing s child. These parents did nothing that probably 3/4 of the population would have done. My heart literally breaks for them and their helplessness to save their child. It's so easy to be a quarter back after the game and say I could have or should have.

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