Disney To Remember Boy Killed By Alligator With Sculpture

WUSF | By The Associated Press

Published June 14, 2017 at 8:45 AM EDT

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The entrance of Walt Disney World in Orlando, where Gov. Rick Scott today is announcing the 2015 tourism numbers.

plans to honor a Nebraska boy who was killed by an alligator at one of its resorts near Orlando with a sculpture of a lighthouse.

A year ago Wednesday, an alligator grabbed 2-year-old Lane Graves, who was playing along the Seven Seas Lagoon beach outside Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa. The child's father, Matt Graves of Omaha, jumped into the water to try to free his son. The child's body was found 16 hours later and his death was ruled an accident.

Walt Disney World Resort president George A. Kalogridis said in a statement on Tuesday that the sculpture will be installed at an undisclosed location on the property this summer.

The child's death occurred two days after the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando.