Re: The Television *Fell* on Him/4 Yr. Old Found Dead in N.Y.

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 02:15:11 -0800, Strawberry
<Idonthinkso@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>In article <WwCDf.11221$Dk.5121@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>crosem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>> Dear God in heaven, please...a TV "fell" on him...gotta watch out for those
>> suicidal TV sets, you know.
>
>While it doesn't sound like it's the case here, it IS possible for a TV
>to fall on a child depending on the circumstance. Way back in 1971 (on
>the day of a big earthquake in Sylmar, CA (near LA) where a hospital
>collapsed) I was babysitting a toddler. She was over near the TV and
>was either pulling herself up while holding onto the little table it was
>on or had done something else to cause it to tip -- and the TV started
>sliding off toward her!!! She was just a tiny little thing and I was
>shocked that it happened so easily! Fortunately I was very close to her
>at the time (watching coverage of the earthquake, probably) and managed
>to get to her and stop the slide before something tragic happened (which
>was quite a feat since I was heavily pregnant at the time).

I lost my nephew to a Falling TV. a week before his 2nd birthday, and
the very day my sister brought home her new baby. The TV was on a
dresser and my nephew stepped up on the lower drawer to try and reach
the TV. It toppled onto him and although he was rushed to the
hospital, air lifted to a head trauma center and worked aggressively
over pretty much all night; we lost him.

This happened 10 years ago this February and none of us have fully
recovered: and I'm sure we never will.

So, yeah; it happens.

d~ (not that I think it happened in this case. I mean, how does a TV
falling on you cause your legs to atrophy?)
--


* FYI: I don't check mail at this @ddy.
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