This is a funny one: today three-year-old Jamie Bracken Murphy made his way into a toy machine in a play centre.
The boys brother and father tried and failed to remove the boy from the machine so the professional had to come to the rescue. An off duty fireman happened to be in the right place at the right time and rescued the child.
Speaking to the Irish Sun, Jamie’s dad Damien said:
“He went out of my eyeline towards the amusements and next thing I heard was a muffled kind of complaint. When I looked over he was behind the glass of the game.
“Like as I’m talking to you now Jamie’s climbing into the boot of my car, that’s what he’s like in a nutshell.
“He was a bit scared for a second and I told him not to worry that we’d get him out and he just calmed down and thought it was funny.”
Damien, who lives in Nenagh continued to say:
“But there was an off duty fireman who was actually there and he works up in Tallaght and he said literally this is his job to get kids out of things.
“So he knew that there should be space for him to get out and he was able to move Jamie back into the machine calmly and the guy got a hold of his legs and guided him back out.
“Jamie was fine coming back out. He was almost acting like he wanted to go back in. He thought it was hilarious.
“We’re just so used to Jamie doing these things. He’s a very sharp kid, he’s actually very smart but he’s so mischievous and so confident that you just can’t take your eyes off him for a second.
So all's well that ends well!
