This little incident happened on Saturday after the wedding dinner.
We were walking down the escalator and heading towards the carpark. Halfway down the escalator, Anders started crying...i looked at him and he was pointing to his left leg.
His crocs shoe got caught in between the escalator gap...i panicked and got frightened. Adrian saw it and quickly ran infront of us. In the nick of time, he pulled the shoe out from the gap. The shoe tored into 2 pieces. At this point, we were all off the escalator.
Anders was crying and Anthea also started crying and she asked : "didi's legs broken already?" She was very frightened and upset by the incident.
When the whole commotion cooled down a little and the children stop crying. I checked on Anders feet. Very luckily that his feet was not caught inside of the gap otherwise, i really dread to imagine what will happened.
We asked him to walk a little and he was ok. Then Adrian carried him to the car and then we drove home.
I was very shaken by this little incident. All these while, i have been very cautious when the children are on the escalator, i always make sure that they are on the safe side of the escalator. However, on that night, it happened so quickly..sighed !!
This is an important lesson for the Aces family and i know from now on, i will be super alert.
6 comments:
Oh dear! My heart skipped a beat when I read this. How come Anders was wearing crocs to the wedding?
Really glad to know that he is all right. Please take care ya. Esp when they are on the escalator and make sure they don't stand too close to the gaps at the side, or in front.
Hi Jean,
Yeah, i actually wanted him to wear another pair of shoes to the wedding but he prefer this particular pair of crocs.
Yes, lesson learnt and will make sure they don't stand close to the gaps.
Thanks,
astee
Aiyoh~~~ what a near escape!!
This isnt the first incident i heard of that croc shoes get caught in escalators. Better still convince Anders to keep his croc shoes away for good. :(
Phew, what a close shave! Escalator safety is really important. I really dread to see kids running freely up and down the escalators. I am sure Anders will learn his lesson...
Hi Angelcow,
Yeah,i have read on the news about such incident and i am very mindful when they are on the escalators..but it just happened.. : (
Hopefully he learnt his lesson and bear it in mind.
thanks,
astee
Hi Idy,
I agreed that escalator safety and alertness is crucial and we, parents, must not take for granted.
thanks,
astee
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