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Two babies survive being flown through a tornado in a BATHTUB

<p>When a terrifying tornado started on its path of destruction in the US state of Kentucky last week, grandmother Clara Lutz jumped into action. </p> <p>Clara's house began to shake, as she grabbed her grandchildren and sheltered them in the bathtub along with a blanket, a pillow and a Bible. </p> <p>15-month-old Kaden and his three-month-old Dallas were then ripped from their grandmother as the whole bathtub was pulled out of the house by the storm along with the babies, as Clara told the local <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.14news.com/2021/12/17/2-babies-survive-after-tornado-carries-them-away-bathtub/" target="_blank">Channel 14 News</a>. </p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">“Next thing I knew, the tub had lifted and it was out of my hands,” she said.</p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">“I couldn’t hold on. I just – oh my God.”</p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">Clara began looking for the kids through the wreckage, after she had just been struck in the back of the head from the bath's water tank. </p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">Her house was stripped down to the foundation, as the extent of the damage was shared on Facebook.</p> <p><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftrevion.benton.9%2Fvideos%2F1060808244737027%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0" width="267" height="476" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe></p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">“All I could say was, ‘Lord please bring my babies back safely,” she said.</p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">“Please, I beg thee.”</p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">The bathtub was found upended in her backyard, with her grandchildren inside. </p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">Three-month-old Dallas was taken to hospital for a head injury he sustained during the terrifying ordeal, but has made a full recovery. </p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">More than 90 people have been confirmed dead after more than 40 tornadoes tore their way trough several states in the US.</p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020"><em>Image credits: Facebook - Sierra Lutz</em></p>

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“Kmart turned my baby green”: Woman’s terrifying find in daughter’s bath

<p>A mother walked into a “horrifying” situation after she heard her daughter yelling for her in the bathtub. </p> <p>Kerri Sackville, author of<span> </span>Out There: A Survival Guide for Dating in Midlife<span> </span>wrote Kmart “did the dirty” on her after a $15 unicorn themed bath bomb kit turned her daughter and their entire bathtub a deep sea green. </p> <p>The author wrote in<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/kids/look-mum-im-an-alien-kmart-bath-bomb-turns-girl-green/news-story/d44b4b1fb5d8534a1577cd8a30811956" target="_blank">news.com.au</a><span> </span>that while she loves Kmart, she felt “betrayed” by her favourite retailer. </p> <p>Sackville said she should have known the horror that would await her in her daughter’s bath after her 8-year-old took to making her own bombs following the kit’s instructions. </p> <p>“There was green on the table and green on the floor and green on her hands and a bit of green in her hair, and if you think that should have alerted me to a potential issue, you are right,” she wrote. </p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 280.3992740471869px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7831821/kmart-mum.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/5792e94c9fc44537953abd1af16a2fca" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Image: news.com.au</em></p> <p>It was later once she heard a worrying call to come quickly that she realised her daughter was “green” from the Kmart bath bombs. </p> <p>“My precious child was emerald green. So was the bath water, the tub, and much of the surrounding wall.”</p> <p>Sackville scrubbed away at her daughter’s skin for what felt like “hours” but still “streaks of green remained. </p> <p>“...This was no water-soluble bath bomb; it seemed to be made from crushed permanent markers, or oil paints.”</p> <p>While she eventually managed to clean her bathtub, she says “a glint of emerald remains in the grout.”</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 280.3992740471869px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7831820/kmart-mum-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/0a2b14b61857490c811870786e1705b8" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Image: news.com.au</em></p> <p>A Kmart spokesperson told news.com.au they urge any other customers who have had similar issues to get in touch. </p> <p>“At Kmart Australia, we are committed to the quality and safety of all of our products. We have not received an inquiry of this nature, but we welcome the opportunity to resolve this directly with the customer.</p> <p>“We encourage all customers who have experienced an issue with any of our products to please get in contact with our Customer Service Team on 1800 124 125.”</p>

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Three-year-old NSW boy gets fingers stuck in bath plug hole

<p>A three-year-old boy from NSW has found his fingers stuck in the plug hole of his bathtub, with paramedics called to the scene to cut the toddler free.</p> <p>Leo’s mother, Corinne Deiner, knew she was going to be in for a long night when she noticed that her three-year-old had become a little too curious for his own good.</p> <p>"I hear this voice go, 'I'm stuck', and I'm like, 'oh, what kind of stuck'?", Corinne said.</p> <p>Remarkably though, despite Leo stayed calm through the whole ordeal.</p> <p><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F7NewsAdelaide%2Fvideos%2F1731610860202895%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560" width="560" height="315" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p> <p>"He was pretty much back against the wall, three fingers straight down, just sort of looked at me like, 'I'm in trouble aren't I?'", she added.</p> <p>It took an hour to free little Leo.</p> <p>"We flipped the plate out, and then once that was out, they put a film under each finger and had to cut each individual hole to get each finger out," Kahlie McLennan from NSW Ambulance said.</p> <p>Each finger was a little swollen but not injured.</p> <p>"I was very proud of him," Leo's mother said,</p> <p>"He cried only a little bit and that was when they were trying to cut the drain off his fingers."</p> <p>What a brave little boy! Have you ever had a child or grandchild become too inquisitive for their own good? Share your story in the comments section below. </p> <p><em>Hero image credit: Facebook / 7 News Adelaide</em></p>

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