A Florida 7-year-old was saved from being crushed in a garbage truck because driver Waldo Fidele had his eyes on the surveillance camera. https://t.co/mMEVj0mJd4
— NBC4 Columbus (@nbc4i) February 15, 2021
記者吳美依/綜合外電報導
美國佛州發生一起驚險事件。7歲男童埃里亞斯(Elias Quezada)正在玩捉迷藏,竟突發奇想,躲入路邊垃圾桶,未料沒過幾分鐘,清潔公司就來收垃圾。他整個人連同桶子一起被扔入垃圾車內,差點被碎刀機絞碎,幸好在最後一刻被清潔人員沃爾多(Waldo Fidele)發現,撿回一命。
NBC等外媒報導,埃里亞斯9日來到希爾斯波羅郡(Hillsborough County)的祖母家,開心玩著捉迷藏,未料經歷驚悚遭遇。祖母卡門(Carmen Salazar)表示,「他立刻就往外面跑。我接下來就聽見垃圾車的聲音,還有一個男人在大叫」。
We honor Tampa sanitation worker Waldo Fidele who saved Elias Quezada, 7, from being crushed in garbage truck. Had it not been for Waldo, this boy would have died. Read the story: https://t.co/SWfcQZADms (Photo: Waste Connections of Florida) #WhosYourHero #NationalHeroesDay pic.twitter.com/KdMsj2Uqbx
— National Heroes Day (@NatlHeroesDay) February 16, 2021
垃圾車司機沃爾多表示,他一如往常遵守工作規範,在收垃圾桶時,牢牢盯著監視器畫面,這次竟真的「看到有東西掉下來」。他立刻按下按鈕,暫停碎刀機,並且通報911,「我來到(垃圾車)外面,看見他(埃里亞斯)一副很開心的樣子。我說,『好的,你現在沒事了』。」
埃里亞斯事後回憶時說,自己當時「差點變成馬鈴薯泥」,「我當時想著,我可能完蛋了」。祖母卡門也表示,若不是沃爾多反應靈敏,小孫子現在「不會站在這裡」。祖孫倆與附近居民都對司機的英雄舉動表達滿滿謝意。
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