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A toddler from Staten Island had a rather heart-racing ride on a luggage conveyor belt at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). The two-year-old boy was separated from his mother in Terminal A as she was getting their JetBlue flight to Tampa International Airport (TPA).
The conveyor belt carried the toddler away. He was dropped down a chute into the luggage screening area on the lower level of the terminal where he was found by Port Authority Police Officers Joseph DeSilvio and Angel Paulino around five minutes later. The boy was unharmed and reunited with his mother according to The New York Post. Thankfully, he only lost a sock and shoe and suffered no injuries.
This could have gone much worse. In 2013, a five-month-old from Maryland was killed after becoming caught between two sections of a luggage belt in Spain. It was not running when the child’s carseat was placed on it, but it switched on and crushed the baby to death.
Anthony’s Take: Thankfully, this story had a happy ending. I’m not sure how it wasn’t noticed by the mother or agent, but this could have gone much worse.
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