2-Jähriger im Disney Resort von einem Alligator ins Wasser gezerrt
There’s been no shortage of tragedy in the news this week, and this Die Schlagzeilen am Morgen brachten leider noch mehr Kummer mit sich. A family’s Disney vacation has turned into every parent’s worst nightmare after their two-year-old was dragged into a lake at their resort by an alligator.
As WESH reports, the Nebraska boy, his parents, and his four-year-old sister were wading in about a foot of water at the side of the Seven Seas Lagoon outside Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa around 9:30 p.m., when an alligator unexpectedly emerged and dragged the little boy away. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings told press the boy’s father tried unsuccessfully to fight the gator off, and a search has been underway ever since.
About 50 people, including two marine units, are participating in the search, which authorities say is now considered a recovery effort. Die Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ist mit einem Alligatorfänger vor Ort, und Sonargeräte scannen den See. Die Behörden sagen, dass es keine früheren Berichte über Alligatorangriffe an dem Ort gibt, aber als Vorsichtsmaßnahme sind Schilder mit der Aufschrift „Schwimmen verboten“ angebracht. The signs don’t mention anything about gators in the area.
At an early morning press conference, Jeff Williamson, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, described the scene as “simply heartbreaking.” Jacquee Wahler, vice president of the Walt Disney World Resort, told reporters, “Everyone here at Walt Disney World Resort is devastated by this tragic accident. Our thoughts are with the family and we are helping the family and doing everything we can to assist them.”
Of course, the tone online was somewhat different, with dozens of heartless, sanctimonious assholes ready to pounce on the parents for not being able to predict a freak accident. The discussion on Facebook is overrun with comments like:
“I can’t imagine the horror of watching your toddler being eaten by an alligator, but at the same time, I can’t believe that people don’t know that there are alligators in Florida. And I can’t believe these ‘parents’ allowed their toddler to crawl around water at 9:30 at night. [sic]”
“I do feel very sad for the family and I am sure I am going to get s**t for this but 1) why was the 2yr old still up at 9:30?? I would think after a long, fun day they would have been fast asleep. 2) Disney had no swimming signs posted so why were they in the water at night? [sic]”
“Well if your So ein Idiot, sein Kind um 21 Uhr in irgendeinem Süßwasser in Florida schwimmen gehen zu lassen, Sie sollten kein Elternteil sein, schon wieder geistesabwesende Menschen, und jetzt wurden durch menschliches Handeln ein Haufen Alligatoren ermordet, was für ein Schock, wann werden die Leute aufwachen! But, I have to ask, what ever happened to having some compassion?This entire family has been traumatized watching their baby get carried off by an alligator, and all people can do is call them names online, say their baby deserved to get taken by a wild animal, and refer to them as “parents” in quotation marks, as if a freak accident somehow undoes the love they have for their children and the horror of what they’re enduring right now.
ADVERTISEMENTAs So sehr wir es auch nicht zugeben wollen, manche Tragödien und Unfälle sind einfach nicht vorhersehbar. Manchmal passieren guten Menschen schlimme Dinge, und das ist traurig, und wir sollten mit ihnen trauern, anstatt sie in Stücke zu reißen. We accept preventable gun deaths every day in this country without changing a single thing, yet when genuine accidents happen we throw up our pitchforks and spurn people in their time of need looking for someone to blame. How is that okay?
Whatever the outcome of this terrible tragedy, this is a real family who just witnessed their baby in a situation most of us can’t even fathom. Als Miteltern und Mitmenschen mit funktionierendem Herzen und Gehirn sollten wir hinter ihnen stehen, sie unterstützen und höllisch hoffen, dass sie das überstehen. Es hätte jedem passieren können, und der Hass auf andere Eltern schützt unsere Kinder nicht. Stoppen wir diese Kultur der lächerlichen Elternbeschämung, bevor sie uns alle zu Fall bringt.
Update: CNN bestätigt, dass der Junge den Angriff leider nicht überlebt hat und seine Leiche geborgen wurde.
Dieser Artikel wurde ursprünglich am 15. Juni 2016 veröffentlicht