Reports are streaming in from all over the city of multiple stair accidents.
This morning at 6:21am, just east of the Buffalo city line in a small town known as McFallville New York, a loving mother was tenderly carrying her 8 month old son down the stairs to avoid waking up her snoring husband and daughter when it happened. She was 2 (possibly 3, her vision was a little fuzzy) steps from the bottom of the staircase in a cautious race for the early morning bathroom call when her foot slipped and she fell, her son still in her arms. Being the loving and self-sacrificing mother that she is, she shielded her son from the fall by using her knees to brace and bare the brunt of the impact. Although her son escaped unscathed her husband found her 5 seconds later moaning and writhing on the floor in pain. It does appear that she escaped any serious medical injury requiring the emergency room however she will have days possibly weeks of knee bruising to cope with.
Later this morning another report came in that a child of 22 months fell down the stairs as well. It seems that the child was wearing her froggy puddle boots and trying to climb the stairs in an attempt to follow her doting father when she mis-stepped and plunged down the stairs. Fortunately the mother reports that the child has become very adept at falling down the stairs and escaped even minor injuries.
Lets hope that the stair falling crisis does not continue. We pray for the safe travels of our citizens up and down the stairs for at least the remainder of the day.
This has been Amber McClumsy reporting live from the scene in McFallville, NY. Back to you in the news room Jim.