Reply #33: I've seen a one year old stand up in the seat part of a cart [View All]

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and take a nosedive head first into the floor of a grocery store when his mother turned to get something out of a freezer case. I was about ten feet away with my own cart and dove but was too far away and too slow.

I can still see it in slow motion in my mind and it was HORRIFYING.

The sound was even worse. The mother turned around, I was gasping and wondering whether anyone should touch him (his neck bent as he landed) and someone ran to call 911. The mother started screaming and the kid was totally unresponsive.

He even TWITCHED. Then I saw the blood coming out on the floor under his head. I wanted to run away and not see it anymore but I stayed with her.

She kept yelling his name but he wasn't responding at all. Totally limp. The paramedics showed up and did their stuff, but I really don't think he was ok. As they were wheeling him out (VERY quickly) the mother started screaming a high-pitched shriek.

I really don't think he made it. He hit too hard, from quite a distance for a one year old.