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Mum gets rescued by firefighters after spending an hour trapped inside a kid’s swing

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Published 06:17 31 Jul 2023 GMT+1

Mum gets rescued by firefighters after spending an hour trapped inside a kid’s swing

Leala spent 10 minutes on the baby swing before realising she was well and truly stuck.

Charisa Bossinakis

Charisa Bossinakis

A mum had to be rescued by firefighters who from a children’s swing after being trapped for an hour.

Leala Vanbest was hanging out with her daughter and some friends when she became caught at a local park in Southend, Essex.

She spent 10 minutes on the baby swing before realising she couldn't hop out.

The 22-year-old attempted to wiggle her way out as friends and even some strangers stepped in.

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But the mum was well and truly stuck.

The fire brigade was called and four firefighters swung into action (sorry, poor choice of words) with sirens blaring and lights blazing at around 7.45pm.

Footage was captured of the hilarious moment after rescuers finally managed to pull her out.

Leala, who works in customer services from Southend, said: "I was stuck there for about an hour - it was very, very funny.

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"Everyone was looking and laughing, and then when the fire engine arrived people started opening their doors to look too - I just couldn't stop laughing.”

Even the firefighters saw the funny side of the bizarre rescue mission as she revealed she kept cracking jokes.

"I don't know why I even got in the swing, I just walked over to it, and I wasn't really thinking,” she said.

"It really hurt when everyone was trying to pull me out, and I have some bad bruises on my hips now."

The rescue crew freed Leila by detaching the swing from its chains and removing the base to turn the bars.

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Finally, the mother slipped her hips through the diagonal gap.

"It was good to be free again, but there were loads of kids with only one swing left," she said.

Good job Leila, maybe next time you want to opt for the monkey bars instead?

Similarly, in 2018, a man had to be rescued after being trapped inside a child's swing for three hours.

After a failed attempt of using a 'shove and pull' method to get the poor lad, rescuers eventually had to take the swing apart with a screwdriver to set him free.

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Taking to Twitter, his rescuers shared the snaps of the incident with the caption: "Always use age appropriate equipment."

Yep, noted.

Featured Image Credit: SWNS

Topics: News, UK News

Charisa Bossinakis
Charisa Bossinakis

Charisa Bossinakis is an Associative Journalist at LADbible. Charisa has worked across various media platforms including, print, digital, radio and podcasting while maintaining the highest regard for quality work and integrity. She also covered everything from breaking news, to pop culture, entertainment and politics and is part of the editorial team for LADbible.

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