Sydney firefighters free boy from toy vending machine

Not much can come between a child and their favourite toy.

But this three-year-old took things to a whole new level, getting himself stuck inside a soft toy vending machine.

The boy had to be rescued by firefighters after wiggling his way inside the claw machine and becoming trapped.

Despite the claustrophobic experience, firefighters said the boy was having ‘the time of his life’ inside and appeared to be in no rush to get back out.

The boy’s family were having a drink at The Australian Hotel and Brewery at Rouse Hill in Sydney’s west on Anzac Day when he clambered into the skill tester machine.

The boy’s mother called in firefighters after it became clear the boy – who remained calm throughout the ordeal – could not work out how to get back out.

Captain David Richards of 083 Riverstone Fire and Rescue told the Daily Telegraph that the boy said he ‘felt good’ and happily took a drink of cold water from rescuers as he waited to be freed.

‘When we arrived, we found the boy had crawled through the hole in the machine but was enjoying himself, playing with the toys. He was not distressed,’ Captain Richards said.

‘We then used our rapid intervention kit which has door-busting tools to break open the door to the vending machine to take him out.

‘This is the first time we have rescued someone from a vending machine though we had done rescues on someone’s hand stuck inside.’

Source: Sydney firefighters free boy from toy vending machine | Daily Mail Online