The front cover of today New Paper have this heading "Little Girl's Big Toe Ripped Off" on how a 4 year old girl's rubber clog gets caught in escalator at one of Singapore Mall.

This topic and news bought back fresh memory that happened just less than a week ago on how Amber nearly lost her toes too. (The blog that I have posted on 2nd Oct).

This little girl from Japan unfortunately is not as lucky as Amber. Accordingly to the report, She was at the mall that day with her parent to shop for a magazine rack when they got onto an escalator on the second story. The girl stood alone on one of the steps, in between her mother in front and her father behind her. While they were about midway up the escalator, the girl turned to speak to her father, that was when her left foot got trapped.

She screamed and called out in Japanese : "Ma! Pain!".

Her mother noticed that her daughter's legs were twisted in an awkward position and shouted to her hushand :"Her leg!". Her father lifted her up, not realising her foot was trapped and it caused her big toe to be ripped off. Her left sock and shoe - a Crocs rubber clog - remained stuck in the escalator. All this while, the escalator kept moving.

When they reached the third storey, the couple's cries for help attracted a few shop owners and passers-by, one of whom called for an ambulance. Meanwhile, the girl sat on a chair offered by one of the shop owners, blood dripping from her open wound

Paramedics from the Singapore Civil Defence Force bandaged the wound on the way to KK Women's and Children's Hospital.

She underwent a one-hour long operation under general anaesthesia and was warded for two days. However doctors were unable to re-attach her toe, which the mall's maintenance personnel and mechanics from the escalator company took two hours to retrieve.

"The doctor said that the toe, the tendons, bone, skin and blood vessels, were too crushed, and that there was no way to sew the toe back on to her foot".

Doesn't all these looked and sound so very familiar to the earliest blog that I have posted? I felt so very sorry for the little girl and her parent, this is very unfortunate to happen and can definitely understand the worried, pain and psychological impact of the incident on their child. Afterall, I could not get to sleep even after the incident.

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