Bowling Alley Employee Heroically Saves Toddler From Pin-Setting Machinery
- 11 years ago
When a toddler was dragged away by a Wisconsin bowling alley’s machinery, an employee rescued him by thinking and acting very quickly and calmly.
Willful, curious, and not recognizing danger around them, toddlers can get themselves into scary scenarios in the blink of an eye. When one toddler was dragged away by a Wisconsin bowling alley’s machinery, an employee rescued him by thinking and acting very quickly and calmly.
23-year-old Andy Gardner just finished his work at Wagner's Lanes. Before he left, he heard yelling and saw a small boy – who had wandered past a laser triggering a mechanical arm – get pulled into a pit along with knocked-down pins. According to an eye witness, people stopped bowling and stood gasping as the pin-setter machinery began coming down.
Wisely sprinting down the plastic ball return instead of the slippery lanes, Gardner reached a “kill” switch to stop the machinery just in time. He squeezed himself around the machinery to get to the boy.
According to Gardner, the boy “was crying and didn't want to move, but it didn't look like he'd been hurt.” Gardner gently pulled the toddler out safely.
A young woman took the toddler back to his mother. While the name of the boy and his family are unknown, the family did say to Gardner, “'Thank you. We're sorry about that.”
Willful, curious, and not recognizing danger around them, toddlers can get themselves into scary scenarios in the blink of an eye. When one toddler was dragged away by a Wisconsin bowling alley’s machinery, an employee rescued him by thinking and acting very quickly and calmly.
23-year-old Andy Gardner just finished his work at Wagner's Lanes. Before he left, he heard yelling and saw a small boy – who had wandered past a laser triggering a mechanical arm – get pulled into a pit along with knocked-down pins. According to an eye witness, people stopped bowling and stood gasping as the pin-setter machinery began coming down.
Wisely sprinting down the plastic ball return instead of the slippery lanes, Gardner reached a “kill” switch to stop the machinery just in time. He squeezed himself around the machinery to get to the boy.
According to Gardner, the boy “was crying and didn't want to move, but it didn't look like he'd been hurt.” Gardner gently pulled the toddler out safely.
A young woman took the toddler back to his mother. While the name of the boy and his family are unknown, the family did say to Gardner, “'Thank you. We're sorry about that.”