Safety

The parents of a 5 year old Chicago boy who shot himself in the head, are being charged with a misdemeanor for having an unregistered firearm in the house and putting a child in danger.

MT says, “A misdemeanor?!? Shouldn’t this be a felony??!”

The parents of a 5-year-old South Side boy critically wounded when he accidently shot himself in the head Saturday evening have been charged with endangering the life and health of a child, a misdemeaner, Chicago police said early Sunday.

Cortney Rodgers Sr., 26, the boy’s father, and his mother, Dorothy Hayden, 27, of the 6100 block of South Wabash Avenue, are scheduled to appear in court on the charges May 19. Rodgers also has been charged with violating the state’s registration laws for firearms owners, also a misdemeaner.

This is the second recent coyote attack in the area which brings up concerns about the coyote population in the San Bernardino, CA area and why they are becoming so bold…

A nanny pulled a two-year-old girl from the jaws of a coyote when the animal attacked the toddler and tried to carry her away in its mouth.

The girl was playing in a sandbox at Alterra Park in Chino Hills in San Bernardino County, California. The caretaker heard screaming and saw a coyote trying to carry the child off in its mouth, officials said.

The babysitter grabbed the child and pulled her from the coyote’s grasp, the sheriff’s department said in a statement.

How can an 11-month-old baby even reach the kitchen counter?

An 11-month-old baby in a burn unit in Lincoln after being pulling a vegetable steamer full of boiling water onto himself.

The accident happened just after noon yesterday. Omaha police say officers were called to the house and found the boy and his father. The father told them the baby had pulled a vegetable steamer full of hot water from a kitchen counter down on top of himself, causing burns to his upper body.

This kid is lucky to be alive. Take this opportunity to tell your children about the danger of getting close to low hanging power lines, folks!

A 7-year-old boy was recovering Monday after he touched a live wire while playing outside Sunday.

Neighbors said the boy, Robert Johnston, was walking with his mother, another woman and a friend through a wooded area near his home when he somehow touched a power line. Power officials said the line sent 19,900 volts of electricity through his body.

“I don’t think any of us really slept last night because we really didn’t know if this child was going to survive or not,” neighbor Sara Smith said.

The boy was in stable condition at Shriner’s Hospital in Boston.

A 7-year-old from Long Island, New York is in a coma after being struck by a car after he had made a purchase from an ice cream truck. We had a near miss ourselves as kids chasing after those siren song chimes, so we know how this can happen.

Javier Reyes remains in critical condition at Stony Brook University Medical Center.

The boy’s stepfather tells Newsday in Monday editions that doctors noted the boy’s brain was swelling and that they intended to keep him sedated for 48 to 72 more hours.

The stepfather says Reyes was at his East Patchogue home Sunday when he ran out the door to chase after the ice cream truck before his mother could stop him. He was struck as he stepped from behind the truck. Police say it was an accident.

A young boy was struck by an off duty ambulance and thrown from his bike. What are the chances?

MT certainly hopes he pulls through.

A 7-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries Saturday night after being struck by an ambulance on North 11th Street.

The boy was riding his bicycle on Phillips Street about 8:30 p.m. and was struck by the ambulance as he tried to cross the street near the intersection, according to police. He was thrown from the bike.

The same ambulance that struck the child took him to St. John’s Hospital. Police did not release the name of the ambulance company.

They don’t call it the Windy City for nothin’, a Serbian Grandfather found out — the hard way.

A two year old boy was swept into chilly Lake Michigan during a storm surge. It was 15 minutes before he was found. The baby is now in critical condition. Not sure if a baby can survive full submersion for that long.

As he clung to the pier at Belmont Harbor, moaning and crying, all the man could do was point down into the dark water.

“Boy!” he said. “Boy! Boy!”
The boy, the man’s 2-year-old grandson, was 10 feet below the water’s surface at the bottom of the harbor, still strapped into his stroller, which had apparently been swept off the breakwater by a strong gust of wind.

“The lower half of his body was in the water,” said witness John Derscheid, who called 911. “I ran over there and he was looking around in the water. He had his head dunked in the water. . . . I said ‘there’s a ladder down here.’ “

Another day, another “pit bull mauls someone” story.

uthorities are looking for a pit bull that attacked a Cheektowaga toddler. There are concerns about whether the dog was updated on its rabies shots.

Two year old Brianna Warden has been through a lot over the past few days, and she’s got the scars to prove it. It all started when she and her mom were returning from a nearby park on Friday afternoon.

Anna said, “I came inside and the dog was sitting on the steps right here.”

It was the upstairs neighbors dog, a two year old Pit Bull named Doo.

Out of all the worries we have, we never thought we would have to be paranoid about our son participating in a game of tug-of-war.

Henry Barrett and Mitch Helfer both had their right hands partially severed in the tug-of-war in October.

Barrett said he remembered hearing a “snap” and realizing almost immediately his right hand was bleeding and numb.

“It turned the muscles into hamburgers and severed 90 percent of the nerves. What wasn’t severed was severely traumatized. Three bones were snapped clean in half,” said Barrett.

A good piece of news for once, as police officers and family save a 12 year old boy who was choking on a piece of bread.

“It’s just a great thing,” said Thomas Reese, the boy’s uncle.

Police said Michael was heading out the door around 7:15 a.m. when his mother reminded him to eat breakfast and he grabbed a piece of bread.

When he started choking, his mother, Nancy Conklin, called out for help. Her brother, Reese, said Michael couldn’t breath or respond to them, and that his jaw was clenched.

Reese started to perform the Heimlich maneuver and was able to open his nephew’s jaw. When Officers Victor Perez and Vincent Sorrentino arrived at the home, Reese said they helped lay the boy on the floor.

Perez said he also performed the Heimlich maneuver on the child and was able to dislodge the food from the boy’s throat.

A mother was taken from a Florida Wal-Mart parking lot and raped and robbed in front of her toddler.

Further proof that going to Wal-Mart is like visiting a lawless country.

A Florida woman was raped Tuesday in a Wal-Mart parking lot while her 1-year-old baby was in the car, MyFOXOrlando.com reported.

The man forced the woman into her car at gunpoint around 6 a.m. and made her drive behind store, before allegedly raping her and then fleeing with her credit cards, according to the report.

What a freak and tragic accident. MT thinks that the old-fashion, loop cords on blinds ought to be out-lawed in some new housing regulations, just like lead paint has to be maintained or eliminated, so should this common, but outdated, house danger.

The death of a 1-year-old Greenwich girl who became tangled in a window shade cord appears to be a tragic accident, police said yesterday.

Alerted by two 911 calls, police officers responded to a mid-country home at 3:26 p.m. Friday, according to a police press release.

It appeared as though the girl had been playing with the cord that looped around the bottom of the shade and became entangled in it, according to Sgt. Louis Pannone, one of the officers who responded to the call.

A 1-year-old baby girl was stuck by a tree and suffered fatal head injuries after a truck ran into a tree, causing it to fall on her.

LAKEWOOD, Ohio — A 1-and-a-half year old girl was killed after a tree fell on her and two other children in Lakewood on Saturday night.

Witnesses told officers that a pick-up truck had run into the tree on Madison Avenue near Alameda Avenue at about 7 p.m., causing it to fall, Lakewood police said.

They said the children were walking down the street when the tree fell on them.

Jaylah Tate died as a result of her injuries. She suffered multiple head trauma, police said.

Great.

This is really going to add to my paranoia about tall escalators and fear of heights.

A 3 year old toddler fell through a gap between the escalator and the floor, falling 100 feet, that resulted in life threatening injuries.

100 feet! That’s REALLY High!!

A girl of three seriously injured after falling 100ft from an escalator was “improving” in hospital.

The toddler is thought to have fallen over the side as it travelled up to the third floor of a Primark store in Liverpool city centre.

The youngster was described as “stable but poorly” after previously being “critical” following the fall at Primark in Liverpool.

She was initially treated at the Royal Liverpool Hospital before she was transferred to intensive care at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.

A Merseyside Police spokeswoman said: “The girl’s condition has now been downgraded from critical to stable but poorly.

“She suffered a broken left leg and left arm which have both been recast and she also received internal injuries.”

The girl toppled backwards through the gap between the upward and downward escalators, on to the lower ground floor, at lunch time yesterday.

A 4 year old boy was accidentally lodged between moving parts and left unconscious. The boy was rushed to the hospital and is now reported in stable condition.

The following few details go to the first thoughts of MT and people all over the country I’m sure…

Alcohol didn’t play a role in the accident, police said.

“The operator was interviewed and he was sober,” Freed said, who added that no criminal charges are pending.