Rescue workers support the boy whilst freeing him
from being trapped in the gate.
Patcharapol Panrak
A 3-year-old was more scared than hurt when he got
caught in the hinge of the electric front gate of his Sattahip home.
It took about 10 minutes for Sawang
Rojanathammasathan Foundation rescuers to free Nattipat Chandee from the
vertical vise-like grip of the gate, which swings open to allow cars to
enter the driveway. The youngster, known as “Rabbit,” had gotten wedged
in the hinge while trying to call his cat “Tono” in off the street.
Chandee’s father Natdanai said his boy, a
kindergarten student at Thammasisri Suksa Sattahip School, apparently
had been leaning through the space between the gate’s support and steel
hinge when his mother pushed a button inside the close the gate,
thinking the boy and cat were safely inside.
Both parents were frenzied at seeing the toddler
suspended in mid-air, pinned by the gate, but the boy suffered only a
fright and some minor bruises.
