A sidewalk accident made this boy the latest Avatar character.
Posted on 12/17/2009 6:10:45 AM PST by myknowledge
A bizarre accident on a moving walkway in a British shopping centre has almost killed a four-year-old boy and left his face temporarily discoloured.
Darren Webb said his son Stevie Webb looks "like an extra out of that new Avatar film" after his head became trapped between two travelators at the Sainsbury's Savacentre in Colliers Wood, south London.
Stevie was playing near the walkways when his jacket became snagged — violently snapping his head backwards.
He was not breathing when his mother hit the emergency stop button but later regained consciousness.
While Stevie is expected to make a full recovery, burst blood vessels in his head have left his face and eyes a strange shade of purple.
"The doctors [said] it's only because he's so young and supple that his neck didn't break," the Croydon Guardian reported Darren Webb as saying.
"He doesn’t have any white left in his eyes and it could be months until the colour in his face goes back to normal."
The family said they will take legal action against the shopping centre after mall management refused to accept blame for the bizarre accident.
"There needs to be something there to stop this from happening again," the BBC reported Mr Webb as saying.
"[My son] died, stopped breathing under a 20-foot Sainsbury's sign. You tell me whose responsibility it is."
A sidewalk accident made this boy the latest Avatar character.
"[My son] died, stopped breathing under a 20-foot Sainsbury's sign. You tell me whose responsibility it is."
Sounds like your's toots - why would you let your child play near walkways?
“[My son] died, stopped breathing under a 20-foot Sainsbury’s sign. You tell me whose responsibility it is.”
Already answered earlier in the article...Stevie was playing near the walkways when his jacket became snagged. Why was he playing near the escalator? Where was his mother and why did she allow him to play near a piece of machinery with moving parts?
"You tell me whose responsibility it is."
Hmmmm ... boy playing near moving walkways? Did mall management tell the boy to play there? Did the mother tell the boy to stop playing there? I think it's pretty obvious whose responsibility this is.
Why not blame the jacket manufacturer as well? Sheesh.
I see we’re all on the same page.
Gladly sir, it is your responsibility to control your son and not allow him to play near moving equipment.
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One time I took Extenze, Enzyte and Viagra all at the same time and this exact same thing happened to me as happened to Violet, except just in my pants...
If was up to Our Enemy not only would the moving walkway be at fault, but they’d pass a law banning moving walkways just in case such a thing happened again.
Are you sure it's not your prostate growing?
“Yon lion’s et Albert! Something’s got to be done.”
“ ‘ow much ta settle tha matter?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3jXMsfLxhI
This is the weightlifter in me: "If it don't kill ya' it'll make ya' stronger."
In other words, quit whining and looking for someone to sue.
Our country is rapidly heading this way. Blame everyone else for your problems and sue. Just look at Zero. Can’t take responsibility for the mess HE has created. Keep pounding the statistics. Unemployment at 4.5% before the Dems took over Congress in 2006, now at 10+%. Keep reminding them!
My husband works on elevators but has helped friends with escalators. In the pit they found shoes and whole packages. These parents were idiots. Mom let the kid play somewhere unsafe.
That’s scapegoating!!!! It’s so unfair to everyone and it is so self-centered and greedy, only for the ‘litigation’ money.
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