Boy falls off escalator in Turkey

By at 10:06 am Wednesday, May 26

In this terrifying video, a four year old boy playfully climbs up the outside of a mall escalator and falls from a height of about 15 feet. A shopkeeper was passing by and caught him. The kid was apparently visiting the mall with his dad — where the heck was he when this happened?

Hero catches escalator fall boy in Turkey [BBC]

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Lisa Katayama

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