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Guy Catches Boy That Falls 15 Feet Off An Escalator (Original Post)
Kadie
Jan 2012
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,588 posts)1. Great catch!
And yeah.......where were the parents?
Thanks for posting this...
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)2. That kid would have been messed up if
no one had been watching.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)3. Wow.
The kid looks younger than 9 to me, though. Maybe 6 or so?
hlthe2b
(102,225 posts)4. I can still remember witnessing a child get their foot caught in a Dept. Store escalator
It has been almost two decades and I can still hear those horrific screams and cries. It seemed like it took forever to free that child and his (undoubtedly badly mangled) foot--even though help was immediate. The entire time shoppers were transfixed and all in tears. I can still tear up thinking about it.
Damn, parents... Watch those kids around escalators. They are incredibly dangerous. And, that guy is a real mensch. Whew, what a catch.
Archae
(46,318 posts)5. You got it.
Escalators have those meat grinders at the top and bottom.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)6. Ron Paul would have let the kid hit the floor
How else would he learn his lesson about escalators?