Re: 911:: Today's Winning Call

[Guest guest]

At 03:19 AM 1/7/2004 +0000, that Barry Furey shared:

>Thank God it wasn't ours, but imagine the poor calltaker handling this one:

>

>http://www.channel3000.com/news/2741389/detail.html

>

>It all ended well, but it had to be the cause of a few " say whats? "

Although one has to have Internet access to see the photos, here is the

text of the story, for those 'net-challenged amongst the readership:

7-Year-Old Gets Stuck In Stuffed Animal Game Machine

Boy Not Injured

POSTED: 12:23 p.m. EST January 5, 2004

UPDATED: 7:20 p.m. EST January 5, 2004

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- A 7-year-old boy had to be rescued with the help of a

locksmith Sunday after crawling into a Sheboygan supermarket's stuffed

animal game machine while his father talked on the telephone. Shift Cmdr.

Mark Zittel of the Sheboygan Fire Department said the boy was sitting in

the glass enclosure with the stuffed animals when rescuers arrived.

He said the boy, whose name was not released by authorities, somehow

crawled through about an 8-by-11-inch opening to get into the machine. The

stuffed animals are prizes that can be hooked with a cranelike device.

" He was just relaxed. He wasn't upset. He wasn't crying. It didn't seem

like he was upset at all, " said Murray Patz, who took pictures of the

incident.

Zittel said the boy's father was 3 feet away at a pay phone, and when he

turned around the child was in the machine.

He said the boy stayed calm and didn't panic as firefighters responded to

the Piggly Wiggly store, moved the machine to the back of the store and got

a locksmith to open the main loading door. The process took about an hour.

The boy was not injured, but rescuers haven't figured out how the boy was

able to crawl into the game or why no one in the store's busy lobby spotted

him and stopped him before he got inside.

Firefighters said the boy and father left Piggly Wiggly without telling

them how the boy got trapped in the toy machine.

" We'd like to see how he got through this opening that is basically the

size of a paper -- 8 by 11, " Zittel said.

Piggly Wiggly has removed the toy machine.

Happy to be here, proud to serve.

Olmstead

http://www.gryeyes.com

[Guest guest]

Wonder if Dad tried to " win him back " before bothering you guys?

Terry

[Guest guest]

NO WAY JOSE' I WOULD NOT HAVE LIKED THAT CALL

TOM