6 days ago
Horror after little boy climbs on the OUTSIDE of huge slide...then loses his grip
Park-goers in Philadelphia got the scare of a lifetime when a little boy climbing on top of a massive slide lost his grip and plunged to the ground.
The heart-stopping fall took place at FDR Park in South Philadelphia, where a group had gathered to celebrate a family reunion, 6abc reported.
A bystander's video showed that the toddler managed to crawl on the outside of the enclosed slide at Anna Verna Playground as a crowd of several people watched from below.
A worried family member realized the boy was in danger and told him to come back down.
One person appeared to be attempting to climb up the slide to reach the boy when the youngster slipped.
As he fell, the group on the ground rushed in to break the boy's fall.
A man attending the reunion said his cousin swooped in just in time.
'After he stopped the initial impact, or the force from him falling, it softened the blow,' Rafael Miles told 6abc of his cousin's heroic actions.
'He hit the ground. But it wasn't like a very serious impact, so luckily he was there.'
The quick-thinking response saved the boy from serious injury.
