Toddler breaks leg after boot sucked into escalator at Vancouver airport
VANCOUVER — A Calgary woman is reminding parents about the dangers of escalators after her toddler’s foot became stuck in one and he broke his leg.
Andrea Diaczek was holding hands with her two-year-old son, Julian, as they rode down an escalator at the Vancouver International Airport on Friday.
“I heard a little squeak and I just saw the toe of his boot had become entrapped inside of the stair,” she said. “And before I could even really do anything, I tried to yank him out and it just sort of sucked in his boot.”
She screamed and someone stopped the escalator. Several people, including her husband, ran to help.