12-27-2024, 03:37 AM
From nps website:
HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawaiʻi – As families watched lava glow within Kaluapele at sunset last night, a shocking scene unfolded in a closed area beyond the post-and-cable barrier at Kīlauea Overlook.
A toddler wandered off from his family and in a split second, ran straight toward the 400-foot cliff edge. His mother, screaming, managed to grab him in the nick of time just a foot or so away from a fatal fall. Disaster was averted, and the shaken family departed. A Christmas to remember?
Probably a good thing for the child there weren’t fantastic fountains last night that created even more of a distraction!
HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawaiʻi – As families watched lava glow within Kaluapele at sunset last night, a shocking scene unfolded in a closed area beyond the post-and-cable barrier at Kīlauea Overlook.
A toddler wandered off from his family and in a split second, ran straight toward the 400-foot cliff edge. His mother, screaming, managed to grab him in the nick of time just a foot or so away from a fatal fall. Disaster was averted, and the shaken family departed. A Christmas to remember?
Probably a good thing for the child there weren’t fantastic fountains last night that created even more of a distraction!