Three-Yr-Old clinging to a Unicorn Float saved at Sea

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Here's one article.

TL;DR
" A Greek ferry came to the rescue after a young girl clinging to an inflatable unicorn toy floated out into open sea. "

Relevant and incredible! Pony Power is real, guys!

 

[Gingerbread]

That'd have been me as a child, forget you people, me and my unicorn are off on our own adventure!

 

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Me as well, on the playground most days with my dirty & well-chewed little Streaky

 

[Tak]

That might have been me at 2. My mom left the pony section at the store and told me to come with her... I didn't, I really wanted her to look at a certain pony. The next time I looked up she was gone! I went to the customer service desk and nobody could understand me to page my mom. (She has an unusual name) I have no idea how long it was, but she came and got me. She had gotten home and realized she forgot a kid, so turned right around. In her defense, she had my newborn brother and my sister would have loved for me to be gone. New mom brain is rough.

 

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....."Mom"?

Left you at the store XD omfg I can only imagine handling that many children at once. Let alone one! (I am NOT Mommy Material) Well in all fairness, the ponies were watching you for her But I am really glad that nothing bad happened to you ^-^
My mom would abuse the paging system all the time and I swear, I'd hear my name over the speaker at least 1/4 times we went into town. My name is super vague and super common, so sometimes it wouldn't even catch my attention and she'd have to page me multiple times.

 

[Tak]

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....."Mom"?

Left you at the store XD omfg I can only imagine handling that many children at once. Let alone one! (I am NOT Mommy Material) Well in all fairness, the ponies were watching you for her But I am really glad that nothing bad happened to you ^-^
My mom would abuse the paging system all the time and I swear, I'd hear my name over the speaker at least 1/4 times we went into town. My name is super vague and super common, so sometimes it wouldn't even catch my attention and she'd have to page me multiple times.

I never left her side after that incident. My brother on the other hand had one of those stretchy cords on a wristband that attached him to my mom. *giggles behind hand*

 

[Sunkissed]

Yeah I saw that article...

 

[Skybreeze]

That might have been me at 2. My mom left the pony section at the store and told me to come with her... I didn't, I really wanted her to look at a certain pony. The next time I looked up she was gone! I went to the customer service desk and nobody could understand me to page my mom. (She has an unusual name) I have no idea how long it was, but she came and got me. She had gotten home and realized she forgot a kid, so turned right around. In her defense, she had my newborn brother and my sister would have loved for me to be gone. New mom brain is rough.

I have a similar-ish story.

When I was young my mom and I had just gotten back from my aunt’s house swimming. We had run up to our apartment grabbed laundry and been to the laundry room and my mom was checking out mail box while I played in the lobby with my beloved Care Bear beach ball.

Then my beach ball popped!! I was devastated (clearly because 30+ years I remember this vividly).

My mother was frustrated, we went to go in the elevator to go back up to our unit, my Mom turned to grab something and I went in the elevator not knowing Mom wasn’t with me. Elevator went up. I was by myself. Crying from the loss of my fabulous beach ball and now being lost in the elevator.

I remember getting out on some random floor and walking up and down the hallway crying until some lady came out and helped. Eventually my mom found me (after checking every floor for me).

Just to really express my love of this ball here’s just one of many photos of me with it, taken that very same day.

 

[Leave a Whisper]

Holy cow! I'm glad that kid was rescued quickly!

 

[Tak]

I have a similar-ish story.

When I was young my mom and I had just gotten back from my aunt’s house swimming. We had run up to our apartment grabbed laundry and been to the laundry room and my mom was checking out mail box while I played in the lobby with my beloved Care Bear beach ball.

Then my beach ball popped!! I was devastated (clearly because 30+ years I remember this vividly).

My mother was frustrated, we went to go in the elevator to go back up to our unit, my Mom turned to grab something and I went in the elevator not knowing Mom wasn’t with me. Elevator went up. I was by myself. Crying from the loss of my fabulous beach ball and now being lost in the elevator.

I remember getting out on some random floor and walking up and down the hallway crying until some lady came out and helped. Eventually my mom found me (after checking every floor for me).

Just to really express my love of this ball here’s just one of many photos of me with it, taken that very same day.
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That is a great beach ball! You're so cute!

Holy cow! I'm glad that kid was rescued quickly!

Definitely. "Open sea" is a whole lot of space, with a whole lot that could go wrong. I'm glad she's safely found.

 

[ladyaquitaine]

As a mother, this is one of my worst nightmares. This is why I would never take any of my kids out into open water, ever. Too young and too much bad stuff can happen. It terrifies me. I worry about the pristine pool that is chlorine shocked regularly being a hazard to my children. I could never my 3 year old away from me at a beach. I wouldn't take them. They are too young.

 

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I never left her side after that incident. My brother on the other hand had one of those stretchy cords on a wristband that attached him to my mom. *giggles behind hand*

OMG I'm told I had one of those as a toddler *joins in giggling behind my hand* Leash those babies!

 

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Holy cow! I'm glad that kid was rescued quickly!

I know, right! This could have ended so badly. I can only imagine how terrified she was, poor baby :*(

I have a similar-ish story.

When I was young my mom and I had just gotten back from my aunt’s house swimming. We had run up to our apartment grabbed laundry and been to the laundry room and my mom was checking out mail box while I played in the lobby with my beloved Care Bear beach ball.

Then my beach ball popped!! I was devastated (clearly because 30+ years I remember this vividly).

My mother was frustrated, we went to go in the elevator to go back up to our unit, my Mom turned to grab something and I went in the elevator not knowing Mom wasn’t with me. Elevator went up. I was by myself. Crying from the loss of my fabulous beach ball and now being lost in the elevator.

I remember getting out on some random floor and walking up and down the hallway crying until some lady came out and helped. Eventually my mom found me (after checking every floor for me).

Just to really express my love of this ball here’s just one of many photos of me with it, taken that very same day.
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honestly @Skybreeze I don't think I have ever seen a child look as cool as you do in this photo XDD
Popped the same day!!! I've had that experience, but it only shocked me instead of breaking my tiny-child heart what a story, I can just see little Skybreeze wandering aimlessly around,trying to figure out how the day went so wrong so fast glad you were found quickly too!

As a mother, this is one of my worst nightmares. This is why I would never take any of my kids out into open water, ever. Too young and too much bad stuff can happen. It terrifies me. I worry about the pristine pool that is chlorine shocked regularly being a hazard to my children. I could never my 3 year old away from me at a beach. I wouldn't take them. They are too young.

Now that I come to think of it, that is pretty young for a kid to be anywhere near that possibility. We'd go to lake all the time when I was a toddler, but definitely not the ocean agreed on the chlorine thing. I won't even go one near one now, as a full-grown adult. Honestly, I don't know how you moms can get through a single day taking care of your children, let alone the first eighteen years and beyond, without breaking down into full blown panic every hour or so. Reason #400 I don't and will never have children. I'm already a nervous wreck just trying to look after myself and my cat Moms aren't even superheroes, they're like otherwordly guardians or some other kind of elevated lifestate entirely

 

[Tak]

As a mother, this is one of my worst nightmares. This is why I would never take any of my kids out into open water, ever. Too young and too much bad stuff can happen. It terrifies me. I worry about the pristine pool that is chlorine shocked regularly being a hazard to my children. I could never my 3 year old away from me at a beach. I wouldn't take them. They are too young.

My daughter can't swim, so no way is she going anywhere near the ocean with a floatie. We just walk in the waves. My dog loves it.

 

[evilbunnyfoofoo]

@Skybreeze my sister Amy floated away from us at the lake long ago, clinging to my sister Lindy's Care Bear beach ball! Amy was in dire straits, but my husband Steve was able to swim fast enough to catch her. She must've hit a current that dragged her off I guess. She'd actually lost hold of the ball and gone under right as he reached her, luckily. After he swam back with her, she clung to him like a little monkey. She was so terrified! As was I! Lindy on the other hand, couldn't understand why Steve had retrieved yucky ol' Amy instead of her precious Care Bear ball. She still sometimes brings it up to pester Amy, decades later.

 

[Skybreeze]

@Skybreeze my sister Amy floated away from us at the lake long ago, clinging to my sister Lindy's Care Bear beach ball! Amy was in dire straits, but my husband Steve was able to swim fast enough to catch her. She must've hit a current that dragged her off I guess. She'd actually lost hold of the ball and gone under right as he reached her, luckily. After he swam back with her, she clung to him like a little monkey. She was so terrified! As was I! Lindy on the other hand, couldn't understand why Steve had retrieved yucky ol' Amy instead of her precious Care Bear ball. She still sometimes brings it up to pester Amy, decades later.

That ball was extremely epic.

 

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@Skybreeze my sister Amy floated away from us at the lake long ago, clinging to my sister Lindy's Care Bear beach ball! Amy was in dire straits, but my husband Steve was able to swim fast enough to catch her. She must've hit a current that dragged her off I guess. She'd actually lost hold of the ball and gone under right as he reached her, luckily. After he swam back with her, she clung to him like a little monkey. She was so terrified! As was I! Lindy on the other hand, couldn't understand why Steve had retrieved yucky ol' Amy instead of her precious Care Bear ball. She still sometimes brings it up to pester Amy, decades later.

That sounds absolutely terrifying for everyone involved RIP Care Bears Ball, but glad your sister was saved in a timely manner

 

[evilbunnyfoofoo]

That sounds absolutely terrifying for everyone involved RIP Care Bears Ball, but glad your sister was saved in a timely manner

My family is a feisty bunch. If we weren't constantly neck deep in mud I think we'd get bored! LOL

I wonder if the Care Bear ball was retrieved and found a new, smarter family....

 

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[Peppermint Truly]

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