it’s not unusual for lindsay and alan macabre’s children to get up before them most mornings the kids entertain themselves for about 10 to 15 minutes coloring and playing before going to wake their parents lindsay mciver told the washington post but on tuesday last week the colorado couple were awakened by their panicked four-year-old son jace crying so hard he
Could barely speak lindsey and alan were able to make out only three of jace’s words chloe inside washer in a facebook post that has since been shared more than 300 000 times lindsay detailed the harrowing experience of rescuing her three-year-old daughter chloe i post this because i can honestly say we did not realize the danger of this machine lindsay wrote we are continually
Surprised at the new inventive ways our kids come up with to try and die and this was definitely a new one it all began with two curious kids in a shiny new washing machine despite telling their children to stay away from the washer lindsay told the post she believes chloe climbed in and jay shut the door pushing the machine’s buttons while his sister was inside then panic ensued running down to the basement laundry
Room the machivers entered a nightmarish scene through the washer doors clear window they saw chloe tumbling around as water poured in around her i could tell she was screaming but the machine’s airtight allen told good morning america in an interview monday i yanked on the door i pulled so hard i moved the machine from the wall but it’s locked you can’t get it open they had just purchased and installed
The washer the day before and weren’t familiar with how it worked lindsay told the post after pulling on the door didn’t open it lindsay said her husband started pushing buttons on the machine eventually pressing pause followed by power the door unlocked chloe was freed it was terrifying lindsay said since it was a new machine we weren’t positive on how to use it or unlock it we knew it locked but we didn’t know if
We would even be able to get it back open at that point so we were just grateful to be able to figure out how to open it and get her out quickly aside from some small bumps on her head and wet clothes chloe had escaped from the washer relatively unscathed according to the facebook post but the toddler learned her lesson she just said we better not do that again lindsay said while the mackeiver story ended with
Relief rather than tragedy other children who have crawled into washing machines have not been so lucky the machivers are aware their situation could have easily been another tragedy lindsay said as i understand if it’s farther along in the cycle it may not unlock at that point she said we were able to catch it right at the beginning lindsay said she decided to share her
Story because she wanted other parents to be aware of the dangers posed by appliances such as washing machines i hadn’t heard any stories about things like that happening she said the thought never even crossed my mind in the facebook post lindsay wrote that her washer’s door now has a physical child lock on it in that the machine’s child lock feature is enabled all lg washers come equipped with the safety feature taryn bercha director of public
Relations for lg electronics told the today show when activated the machine cannot be used according to brucha in a statement to abc news the company said it encourages people to use the important safety setting we applaud ms mciver for telling her story and sharing her efforts to make sure that consumers are aware of the child safety lock feature the statement said because the washer was so new lindsay
Wrote that she and her husband had not even had a chance to use the machine or examine its settings before chloe was trapped however lindsay said she discovered that the child lock setting on her model doesn’t keep the door from opening so children can still get stuck inside she added that it’s important for parents to take additional preventive steps such as locking laundry room doors or child proofing washer doors
Kids are just so curious and energetic and they don’t always understand the dangers associated with things she said they’re just learning by exploring their environment it’s always i think for every mom a challenge that’s it for today thanks for reading.