Mom Says She Found Her 2-Year-Old Trapped in an Air Vent
Dec 15, 2023
Katie Burk says when she checked on her twins who she had put down for a nap, she saw one of her daughters’ head and arms poking out of the floor air vent. Exploring air vents comes naturally to toddlers and if the covers are not secured, they can be dangerous. Oregon mom Saydie Reedy's son fell eight feet down this dark and scary vent in 2020. Inside Edition’s Les Trent has more.
Imagine walking into your kid's bedroom to find this.
Your two-year-old is stuck in an air vent.
I'm like, oh my word, her body has gotten cut in half.
Katie Burke says she put her toddler twins down
for a nap at their home near Nashville.
But when she went to check on them,
she found little McClain's head and arms
poking out of the floor,
and her sister Waylon pointing at her.
Waylon's pointing at her saying,
stuck, stuck, and McClain's in the vent saying, stuck.
And so I just lifted her right out.
She came right out safely,
no cuts or scrapes or bruises or anything like that.
Oregon mom Sadie Reedy's son, Coulson,
fell eight feet down this dark and scary vent in 2020.
I have a caller.
She is reporting that her 10-month-old baby
is stuck in a vent.
A police officer had to climb into this tiny crawl space
beneath the house to push him back up the vent.
That's little Coulson covered in filth,
but fortunately unhurt.
Safety experts suggest securing air vents
so kids can't open them,
which McClain's mom did that very evening.
My husband's in construction,
so he came home with all his tools
and we screwed the vent down.