Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Caution: Escalators Bite!


People flocking to the mall on Valentines

Last February 14, the hubby and I together with our unica hija went to Robinsons Tacloban with the idea of dining out in one of its restaurants to celebrate Hearts Day. That idea was quickly scrapped with the mob that greeted us as we entered the mall. So many people at a given time in a given place, I bet the restaurants there were making a killing with its sales. Me and the hubby, however, decided to go someplace else more, uhmm, less populated to escape the maddening crowd.

Just as we were about to go outt by "the Mang Inasal exit", we noticed people gathering at the foot of the escalator and looking upwards towards its top that was manned by blue-shirted mall engineering personnel. A few questions thrown here and there gave me the info that a boy's clothing was caught somewhere between the steps just as the escalator was brought to a stop for reasons not disclosed. It took the engineering guys almost an hour to break him free.


Boy trapped in escalator is surrounded by engineering personnel

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