Keep this little girl and her family in your prayers
Posted on November 7th, 2006 by Lilian • Filed under: politics
3-year-old lost her toe due to escalator accident
By Ting Tze Siang and Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 05 November 2006 1857 hrsSINGAPORE: A 3-year-old had her right big toe and skin from her sole ripped off, after her foot got stuck in an escalator on Saturday night.
The accident took place at 8:40pm at Admiralty Place, a neighbourhood shopping centre located at Block 678 Woodlands Avenue 6.
The ambulance arrived twenty minutes later and brought her to the National University Hospital where she was being treated.
The girl’s mother said her toe was only found three hours after the accident so doctors were not able to reattach it.
Her mother had asked why there were no emergency numbers displayed for escalator repair, unlike lifts.
She said if help had arrived earlier to dismantle the escalator, there could have been a better chance of saving her daughter’s toe. – CNA/so (source)
The mom is someone from my breastfeeding forum. I feel a chill reading this and I cannot imagine the pain the little girl went through plus the trauma experienced by her family. It is such a shock that this happened just being on an escalator.
Keep the little girl in your prayers please?
Poor girl..
This would be a lifetime scar….
lawsuit! lawsuit!
Gosh, I never really believe escalators would not stop if something happened to get stuck even if it was slightly stuck. Now, I know the danger. I’m so sorry for the little girl and can only imagine the mom’s emotions.
me & nuzul will pray for the little girl … to the mother, I know how you feel right now, please keep your strenght for the little one …
i dont mean 2b insensitive.. but girl that age y mak dia tak dukung naik escalator in the first place? common sense la..
how sad and there is a 2nd case in Spore as reported in today’s paper but in another mall.
[...] Oh ya, dear readers, do take time to pray for a little girl and her family in Singapore. This little girl who is only 3 years old lost her big toe in a freak escalator tradegy.. for more information visit 5XMom’s blog post here… [...]
[...] The other day, I read Aunty Lilian, 5XMom’s blog about the freak accident about the a 3 year old girl who lost her toes while on an escalator in a mall in Singapore. Find out more, read this post by Aunty Lilian. As a courtesy, I informed Aunty Lilian that I link her post to my blog through email when she informed me about another escalator related accident happened today. This time another 2 year old girl. There related post regarding the 2 year old girl is as below… “SINGAPORE: Another child has been injured in an escalator accident at a shopping mall on Monday evening. [...]