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


"d~" <djomin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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.

That is awful. I'm so sorry to hear it. I do know of other cases, too,
although not personally but through news stories. I'm not sure how you do
get over something like that.

> 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?)

Yeah, that's a big clue to long term abuse right there although it does fit
in with the kid trying to pull himself up by using furniture.


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