A Florida boys attempt to hide in a trash can almost turned tragic when it was picked up by a garbage truck and nearly sent into the choppers as the blades turned on.
I was thinking, This might be the end for me, 7-year-old Elias Quezada told WFLA , the NBC station in Tampa. I almost thought I was gonna be a mashed potato.
But then a sharp-eyed driver named Waldo Fidele spotted the boy in the trucks surveillance camera and rushed to turn the choppers off.
It was a bad day for me, Fidele told Fox13 in Tampa . I was scared.
Luckily, he was able to act in time and call 911 for help.
Eliass grandmother said it all happened so fast.
In a minute, he went out and the next thing I hear is the sound of the truck and a guy screaming, Carmen Salazar told WFLA.
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Elias suffered a minor cut and perhaps the beginning of a lifelong aversion to a certain household item.
I dont like trash cans anymore, he told WFLA.
Then again, Elias did make an exception when he spoke to Fox 13: Unless its like a tiny trash can thats inside the house, then it might be fine.
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