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The incident with the gator is truly heartbreaking and terrifying. I'm sure there will be new security measures put in place around every body of water on the property as a result of this tragedy. But I also think a good rule of thumb when letting a 2 year old toddler go play in the edge of ANY body of water ANYWHERE is to keep that child between ME and the shore. If he's going to be in the water, I'm going to be between him and the open expanse of water. Especially a body of water with "No Swimming" signs and no lifeguard on duty, at night, in Florida. Ugh...I hate even typing that, because I'm sure that child's poor father is absolutely distraught at all of the "coulda, woulda, shoulda" thoughts going through his head right now. Bless his heart. We make mistakes, we all do. Our judgment lapses and we do careless things. He's not the first, and won't be the last. It's just soo sad.