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Miss. Baby OK After Spin in Washing Machine

7-month-old Valle Hernandez on the mend after mishap

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 16, 2009 4:02 PM CST

(Newser) – A Mississippi infant is out of the hospital and on the mend after accidentally going for a terrifying ride in a washing machine. Seven-month-old Valle Hernandez wound up inside a front-loading machine—apparently with an assist from his 4-year-old brother—and his mother started the machine before noticing him, reports the Sun Herald. Three local men forced open the door, which had locked automatically, and saved the baby, who had to be resuscitated.

"All I remember was a lot of screaming and crying and hollering," a local business owner who came to the child's rescue tells the New York Daily News. "It was horrible to see a baby like that. He was solid purple."

A Mississippi baby is OK after his 4-year-old brother put him in a front-loading washing machine and their mother started it.
A Mississippi baby is OK after his 4-year-old brother put him in a front-loading washing machine and their mother started it.   (©LOLren)
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A Mississippi baby has been released from the hospital after accidentally being trapped in a washing machine. (Nov. 16)   (AssociatedPress)

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Cailtach
Nov 18, 2009 2:47 AM CST
Anyone with a small child and/or pets should always be checking in the washer and/or dryer when they do their laundry, so things like this don't happen. It's only common sense.
JChron
Nov 17, 2009 9:16 AM CST
@ cognitivefilter How about I ask your mom?
cognitivefilter
Nov 17, 2009 5:59 AM CST
@ jchron do you even do your own laundry? ask your mom if she would notice. there's a good chance she wouldn't

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