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Firefighters rescue toddler stuck inside toy machine

His grandma looked away for just a moment to check a text message when the boy crawled in the machine

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MARYVILLE, Tenn. — A curious toddler got aninsider’s look at a toy machine when he climbed in and got stuck.

The 18-month-old, Colin Lambert, is safe after he managed to climb into the toy claw machine, which dispenses prizes for winners, at a coin laundry Tuesday. The boy’s grandmother, Diane O’Neill, says she looked away for just a moment to check a text message, and the little boy crawled in the machine while she was distracted.

“All I could see was his feet. He had already crawled in,” she said. “I grabbed his feet and he kicked my hand and got in. Climbed up over the glass partition and sat down in the toys.” O’Neill says her grandson loves crawling into and onto just about everything he can, so she wasn’t surprised when he got in, but was worried about the dangers inside the machine.

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