It was the catch of a lifetime...and that 'good catch' by a San Diego man may have saved the life of a 4 year old boy.KTLA got one thing wrong in the story - it didn't happen at the Mission Viejo Mall but at the Kaleidoscope Center near by. That's where Islands is located. I ate dinner there a couple of weeks ago, but fortunately there were no kids falling from the escalator.
21-year old Antonio Jones was at the Mission Viejo Mall Friday with his girlfriend.
The couple craved a burger from Islands Restaurant.
Jones was standing outside the restaurant on the ground floor when he noticed little Jimmy Lavin get tangled in an upstairs escalator.
The escalator hand-rail pulled Lavin upstairs to the second floor.
In an instant, the sobbing boy was carried upward as he dangled off the staircase.
Jones was a few steps away when Lavin hit the top wall was knocked off the escalator rail.
The boy plummeted 30 feet head-first toward the concrete walkway.
Jones reacted... jumping forward and catching the child with one hand on each leg.
It was a near perfect catch... Lavin's head just barely touched the ground.
The child was taken to a nearby hospital where he was treated for a minor bump on the noggin and released.
Jones is being credited for saving the boy's life.
As I understand from reading another article Jones was outside Islands catching a quick smoke when this happened. Looks like this is one situation in which smoking saved a life.
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