TODDLER BREAKS LEG AFTER BOOT SUCKED INTO ESCALATOR

A Calgary woman is warning about escalators after her toddler’s foot became stuck in one and he broke his leg. Andrea Diaczek was holding hands with her son, Julian, 2, as they rode down an escalator Friday at Vancouver International. “I heard a little squeak and I just saw the toe of his boot had become entrapped inside of the stair,” she said. “I tried to yank him out and it just sort of sucked in his boot.” She screamed and someone stopped the escalator. Several people, including her husband, ran to help. “His leg got twisted around,” Diaczek said. “I’d already seen the toe of his boot go through the side and I didn’t even know what was left of his foot. And he was still very much stuck.” Someone handed her scissors, she said, and she was able to cut Julian free. The boy suffered cuts and swelling but is otherwise OK.