A curious four-year-old boy has been freed after his hand was stuck in a Melbourne vending machine for more than five hours.
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Leo Shorthouse who is from Australia’s remote far north was on a holiday with his family in Melbourne when he spotted the vending machine in a hotel lobby, according to BBC News. There are few more emotionally relatable quandaries than calling the Fire Department to dislodge you from your attempt an Oreo session.
Rescue workers showed Leo cartoons on their phones, but the child still needed to be sedated at times.
Four-year-old Leo with his hand stuck in a vending machine.
“It was (hard to watch), especially seeing a young fellow like this after five and a half hours”, Aaron Shorthouse said.
“We live up in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, and I don’t think he’s seen a vending machine before, so he saw the Oreos and biscuits and some other things”, said Aaron Shorthouse, the boy’s father.
Sergeant Ali Gurdag said the “unusual operation” was an ‘exceptional performance. And after the lengthy ordeal, he praised and thanked the rescue team for saving his son “I must say the firies and the police were actually awesome”, he said to 7 News Melbourne via The Age.
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He was taken to hospital in a stable condition.
