A woman is heard pleading for help in a harrowing 911 call after a toddler was dragged off by an alligator at a Disney World resort in Florida.

'Please come to the Grand Floridian, please. Someone drowned in the... in the... Seven Seas Lagoon Lake,' a female voice is heard telling an emergency dispatcher in a newly released audio tape.

The unidentified woman called authorities from the beach pool at the Grand Floridian Resort and Spa where two-year-old Lane Graves was snatched by the reptile on Tuesday.

The boy drowned and his body was found the following day.

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Lane Grave's (pictured) mother and father tried to save him from the mouth of the reptile, but they couldn't stop him from being taken away

The boy's parents, who were on vacation from Nebraska when their son died, said they have been 'overwhelmed with the support and love' that have poured in since the tragedy

It is believed that the caller worked at a resort bar.

In the 911 audio, the dispatcher tells the woman to get closer to the shore and call back to give more information.

But the woman never called back, because emergency responders arrived within minutes. An earlier 911 call had been made automatically when a lifeguard rushed to assist the toddler at 9:15pm, ABC News reported.

The boy's parents, who were on vacation from Nebraska when their son was dragged from the water's edge by the alligator, said they have been 'overwhelmed with the support and love' that have poured in since the tragedy captured national attention.

'Melissa and I continue to deal with the loss of our beloved boy, Lane, and are overwhelmed with the support and love we have received from family and friends in our community as well as from around the country,' father Matt Graves said in the statement issued by their church in Elkhorn, Nebraska, on Saturday.

Over the weekend, Disney unveiled a new sign that will be installed where Lane Graves was dragged to his death.

The new warning has already been installed on the beach after Disney World Resort closed all beaches in the wake of the horrific incident

It will be put up after the company faced growing questions as to why there was nothing warning guests about the deadly predators.

Resort staff have also erected temporary barriers around the water's edge in the wake of the attack.

There was previously a sign on the beach saying: 'No Swimming', but many thought that wasn't enough.

The dangerous reptiles had even been spotted lurking in the water days before the horrific incident.

Other close encounters were also reported in other parts of the park.

Lane, whose body was found 15 hours after he was pulled underwater, hadn't even been swimming at the time - he had just been wading near the edge of the lagoon.

The new post will read: 'Danger. Alligators and snakes in area. Stay away from the water. Do not feed the wildlife.'

Jacquee Wahler, Vice President of Walt Disney World Resort, told Daily Mail Online in a statement: 'We are installing signage and temporary barriers at our resort beach locations and are working on permanent, long-term solutions at our beaches.

'We continue to evaluate processes and procedures for our entire property, and, as part of this, we are reinforcing training with our cast for reporting sightings and interactions with wildlife and are expanding our communication to guests on this topic.'

Florida's legal community predicted a multi-million-dollar payout for the boy's family.

Matt Morgan, an Orlando lawyer, predicted a multi-million-dollar settlement for wrongful death.

'Every parent across America has had this family's nightmare running through their minds and it's heartbreaking to think that this may have been a preventable tragedy,' Morgan told the Times of London.

A number of wooden posts have also been installed on the water's edge to act as barriers

These barriers have been put up next to the water at the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Orlando where the toddler was pulled under by the beast on Tuesday

He said any case would focus on what Disney knew about alligators in the lagoon and when they knew it, and whether the company had taken sufficient measures to protect its guests.

He pointed to claims that guests had previously fed alligators on the beach where the boy was snatched.

On Friday, TMZ reported that an alligator had been spotted clambering onto a raft on the Tom Sawyer Island on the Rivers of America at the Disney World resort in Orlando.

One guest filmed the horrific incident on their cell phone.

The Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, which neighbors the Walt Disney Resort already has a sign which clearly reads: 'Please be aware of alligators in the lake.'

Photos of the alligator warnings at the Hyatt resort were shared on the Disney fan website Mouse Steps, and the signs have been there for at least three years.

As a result, hundreds of people poured onto social media condemning Disney's sign policy in the wake of the horrifying incident.

The firm announced it would review its regulations and has now decided to install the sign.

The company faced growing questions as to why there was nothing warning guests about the deadly predators. There was a sign that read: 'No Swimming' (pictured), but many thought that wasn't enough