A 20-month-old New Jersey boy was splashing around in an inflatable pool on his front lawn on Monday when the ground opened up and he almost went tumbling into the abyss.
Dem Houston DA slams ‘broken system’ at border for letting in migrants suspected of killing Jocelyn NungarayA New Jersey toddler was nearly swallowed up when a 10-foot-deep sinkhole suddenly opened up under his splash pool, according to a report.
The 20-month-old boy was splashing around in the front yard of the family’s Fair Lawn home on Monday when the ground opened up and almost sent the terrified youngster tumbling into the chasm, “It was like a really big pop,” mom Elyana Schuck told the outlet. “I thought the splash pad popped and I looked around and I just saw him almost go into the ground, so I immediately pulled him out and my son was just crying. He was so scared.”A sinkhole opened up under a splash pool in New Jersey on Monday and nearly sent a toddler tumbling into it.“I couldn’t even sleep last night,” she told the station. “I had anxiety, kept having panic attacks.
Schuck called in contractors to examine the hole and are likely to dig up the front yard to ensure they can make the front law safe for little Josiah again, the report said.Elyana Schuck said she heard a ‘pop’ and looked up in time to yank her toddler son from falling into a sinkhole.Josiah, 20 months old, was playing in his splash pool when a sinkhole opened up and nearly gobbled him up.Meanwhile, neighbors said it’s not the first time a freak sinkhole disrupted the quiet community.
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