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Another child gets stuck in arcade claw machine...

Susan Louise — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:01:44 GMT

Oy! This isn't the 1st time, so it begs the question...why have machines that continue to have this problem? The hole has to be large enough for the large stuffed animals...and where were the parents? I'm sure it took more than a minute for the child to crawl inside...

End result was that firemen got the child out and was sent home with 4 stuffed animals for his upsetting event...SMH

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fourpaws56 — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:06:03 GMT

clearly the child was not properly supervised..

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NicksmomESQ — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:12:36 GMT

The parents should be held accountable!!

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Susan Louise — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:14:51 GMT

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The parents should be held accountable!!

@NicksmomESQ I agree, but it seems as though the situation becomes another 'status quo' and the child gets the stuffed animal he obsessed over plus 3 more...so what does that teach the child?

So wrong on so many levels...

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sunshine45 — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:21:27 GMT

that boy looks awfully big to have gotten into that machine. are you sure this is a real story instead of photoshopped photo?

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Susan Louise — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:31:36 GMT

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that boy looks awfully big to have gotten into that machine. are you sure this is a real story instead of photoshopped photo?

@sunshine45 This story was on ABC news tonight...and this was one of the images...

You can easily google for the info online yourself

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Spurt — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:38:36 GMT

@Susan Louise

Yep, I agree where were the parents...

(I see so many stores and malls where the parents just turn them loose like it was a playground--in this case it was an arcade claw machine)

And then on top of it they reward the kid for the bad deed by giving him a stuffed animal...SMH.The parents should have gotten a "reward" of being given a bill for fixing the machine...

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Susan Louise — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:40:56 GMT

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@Susan Louise

Yep, I agree where were the parents...

(I see so many stores and malls where the parents just turn them loose like it was a playground--in this case it was an arcade claw machine)

And then on top of it they reward the kid for the bad deed by giving him a stuffed animal...SMH.The parents should have gotten a "reward" of being given a bill for fixing the machine...

@Spurt I agree about giving the parents a bill....something. As for the child, he got 4 stuffed animals...the one he obsessed over and 3 more! (I mentioned in one of my posts above)...

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fourpaws56 — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:49:16 GMT

I don't think the child should have been rewarded with stuffed animals, setting bad example ..

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Mz iMac — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 01:03:03 GMT

If that child was smart enough to figure out how to get in by himself, he should have been smart enough to get out by himself.

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Daisy Sunflower — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 01:48:58 GMT

There's no way that kid could have squeezed himself into that small opening in front of the machine.

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OKPrincess — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 01:55:20 GMT

Child is way too big to get stuck in the machine and wrong to be rewarded for bad behavior. Parents should pay for any costs associated with the rescue and then make little “Sweetie” donate his rreward to the childrens hospital.

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Susan Louise — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 01:56:57 GMT

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There's no way that kid could have squeezed himself into that small opening in front of the machine.

@Daisy Sunflower Well, I watched the ABC news they broadcast this story on tonight and he did manover himself into the machine. As I mentioned to another poster, just google ABC news for the info...

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Kachina624 — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 05:53:01 GMT

Getting trapped in this machine is not the worst thing that could have happened to this obviously unsupervised child. No he shouldn't have been rewarded.

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bonnielu — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 12:45:57 GMT

Where were the parents? Not exactly something he could have done quickly and easily to actually get in. Someone was not watching.

Just yesterday I was shopping(I usually use a shopping cart). I was coming around the corner quite slowly and some little boy was running fast and I just about missed him. His mother... over two aisles looking at clothing. He was just running around. I can only imagine if I had hit him or had he run into me.

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dex — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:08:50 GMT

I saw that story on the news last night and my first thoughts were the same as everyone else...where were the parents?Those machines are usually close to a front door .The child could have gone outside,been abducted,molested or any number of horrifying things could happen.I hope that the parents are not able to sue but instead are Given a bill.

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silkyk — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:24:24 GMT

A lawsuit soon to follow for causing that poor little fella emotional distress and the co. for having a dangerous machine on the premesis. Oh and don't forget a go fund me page for same little fella to buy more stuffed animals to make him feel better.

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ValuSkr — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:31:18 GMT

The child looks like the ship in a bottle! How big is the opening that he crawled through? I think he has a future career as a magician.

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Bri36 — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 16:06:22 GMT

Where is the opening? How did he get in there?

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sunshine45 — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 16:18:47 GMT

@Bri36 wrote:
Where is the opening? How did he get in there?

@Bri36

not only that......how come no one else saw him trying to get in?