Man catches child in 30 foot fall...

[SunnyD]

Absolutely incredible. This guy goes out for a smoke, just happens to be in the right place to snare this 4-year old kid who ended up hitching a ride on the wrong side of an escalator pretty much saving the kid's life.

Of course then the guy's girlfriend tries to take all the credit for it.

SANTEE - A 21-year-old Santee man stepped outside of a restaurantat an Orange County mall for a smoke, spotted a small child snagged by an upstairs escalator, and grabbed the 4-year-old by the feet as he plummeted 30 feet head first.

The boy, Jimmy Lavin, was banged up as he bounced off a wall light fixture near the top of the escalator at the Kaleidoscope mall. And his head may have bumped the pavement when Antonio Jones caught him, witnesses told the San Diego Union-Tribune.

"I'm not a good catcher,'' Jones said. "I'm usually dropping things.''

The boy, from Newport Beach, had minor scrapes and bruises and a small bump on the head. The newspaper reported that the child was released from an area hospital Friday afternoon.

Jones said he was standing outside the Islands restaurant at the Mission Viejo mall Thursday afternoon when he noticed the boy, on the ground floor, reach over and grab an escalator rail with one hand. The escalator hand-rail swept Lavin upstairs to the second floor. As the escalator lifted the boy's feet off the ground, the child grabbed on with his other hand, and soon the boy was being carried upward, sobbing, as he dangled off the staircase.

Jones was 4 or 5 feet away when Lavin reached the top wall and his hands were knocked off the escalator rail. The boy plummeted about 30 feet toward the walkway below.

Jones caught the child with one hand on each leg as the boy went down, his head just touching the ground.

Jones' girlfriend, Nicole Morgan, said the child's life may have been saved because she craved an Islands hamburger on a trip home from Disneyland, putting Jones in a palce to save the child.

Jason Lavin, the boy’s father, told the U-T's Diane Bell that Jones is an angel and a hero.

The child's mother, Brenda, was paying a restaurant cashier as her three kids ran outside with friends to play. That's when her son grabbed the escalator railing.

Jason told Diane Bell he wonders how he can adequately thank the person who saved his child’s life. He texted hospital updates to Jones and called him at home Thursday night to express his gratitude.

“He was so humble,” Lavin says.“He thanked me for thanking him.”

 

[Bignate603]

Wow, good catch.

Lol at his girlfriend. Your sudden craving for an overpriced burger didn't save the kid. You could just as easily say that the guy's cigarette addiction saved the kid. He just happened to be in the right place.

 

[darkxshade]

Wow, good catch.

Lol at his girlfriend. Your sudden craving for an overpriced burger didn't save the kid. You could just as easily say that the guy's cigarette addiction saved the kid. He just happened to be in the right place.

No, the restaurants tasty burger saved the boys life... actually it may have been the cow that provided that patty. :awe:

 

[RearAdmiral]

She sounds fat.

 

[purbeast0]

i'm giving the butcher that killed the cow credit for saving the boys life.

 

[waggy]

the butcher? bah you guys are nuts. its the rancher that saved the kids life. If not for him the cow wouldnt have been raised to be super cow!

 

[SunnyD]

the butcher? bah you guys are nuts. its the rancher that saved the kids life. If not for him the cow wouldnt have been raised to be super cow!

Forget that, I'm crediting the cow's progenitors! I mean seriously... without momma and papa cow, there's be no tasty temptation!

You know what, fuck that. I'm going to credit all evolutionary ancestors to the cow.

 

[radioouman]

She sounds fat.

yep

 

[amdhunter]

Forget that, I'm crediting the cow's progenitors! I mean seriously... without momma and papa cow, there's be no tasty temptation!

You know what, fuck that. I'm going to credit all evolutionary ancestors to the cow.

We all know God made that cow.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Forget that, I'm crediting the cow's progenitors! I mean seriously... without momma and papa cow, there's be no tasty temptation!

You know what, fuck that. I'm going to credit all evolutionary ancestors to the cow.

I'm going to credit the Islands restaurant chain with the heroic life saving act. If they didn't make such a tasty burger then his fat wife wouldn't have craved it and the child would not have been saved.

 

[melek-taus]

marlboro saves a boys life ahahha thats a new one


cigarettes dont kill they safe lives whuut. A new reason to keep on smoking.

 

[drebo]

The kid's parents should be arrested for reckless endangerment. Escalators don't move that fast--how do you not notice your kid is gone until the escalator reaches the top floor?

 

[BassBomb]

Jones' girlfriend, Nicole Morgan, said the child's life may have been saved because she craved an Islands hamburger on a trip home from Disneyland, putting Jones in a palce to save the child.

^_^

 

[Platypus]

can we confirm this place actually has a tasty burger?

 

[Brainonska511]

The kid's parents should be arrested for reckless endangerment. Escalators don't move that fast--how do you not notice your kid is gone until the escalator reaches the top floor?

I'm glad to see your crystal ball is working.

 

[tk149]

The kid's parents should be arrested for reckless endangerment. Escalators don't move that fast--how do you not notice your kid is gone until the escalator reaches the top floor?

That's about 10 seconds. You obviously don't take care of four-year-olds.

 

[Gibsons]

Forget that, I'm crediting the cow's progenitors! I mean seriously... without momma and papa cow, there's be no tasty temptation!

You know what, fuck that. I'm going to credit all evolutionary ancestors to the cow.

We've got to give some credit to all the corn and grass that fed the cow, allowing it to turn into delicious ground beef.

 

[TallBill]

I'm still having trouble picturing how the kid fell.

 

[darkxshade]

Is there bacon on that burger? If there is the debate is over, bacon saves lives!

 

[keird]

I credit the Department of Public Works from the municipalities of the ranch, slaughter house, mall, child and catcher. They really brought it all together this time. Maybe the people that mapped the demographics, too - but only as an assist.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Disney is the real hero here; they never would have gotten that burger if they weren't coming back from Disneyland.

 

[ElFenix]

i don't even know why the bolded paragraph is in there. it doesn't add anything to the story. aren't there editors around anymore?

 

[eits]

I'm still having trouble picturing how the kid fell.

this.

 

[SunnyD]

I'm still having trouble picturing how the kid fell.

What apparently happened was the kid was goofing around near the escalator at the bottom, and from the OUTSIDE (not ON the escalator) grabbed that moving black rubber rail. I guess being smallish and holding on (or maybe he was caught on it?) it picked him up off the ground rather quickly, at which point instead of letting go, he grabbed on with his other hand. It took him up to the top, where I would assume at the point the rail turns downwards the sudden change in direction/position caused the kid to lose his grip and fall.

It's raining kids!

 

[vshah]

I'm still having trouble picturing how the kid fell.

he grabbed the handrail of the "up" escalator, which then pulled him up along with it, on the outside of the escalator railing, over the area where smoking guy was standing. when the boy reached the top, the handrail curved back down or hit a wall or something and his hands were knocked loose, so he fell and was caught.