Thankfully, the toddler seen spinning above shocked spectators was safely rescued.
Entangled in the strings of a large kite, a 3-year-old girl was lifted above the crowd at a festival in Taiwan Sunday.
The unidentified child was taking part in this year's International Kite Festival — which kicked off this past weekend at Nanliao Harbor in the northern city of Hsinchu, Taiwanese mediaVideo shot at the scene shows the toddler twisting several times in the sky — accompanied by a giant, long-tailed, orange kite. Adults below struggled to pull the kite back to earth —but once the wind slowed down, the girl was safely recovered by the crowd on the ground.
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