'Purple' Boy Found Near Death In Halloween Spider Web
POSTED: Thursday, October 25, 2007
UPDATED: 9:22 am EDT October 25,
2007
A 6-year-old Central Florida boy nearly died when he became tangled in a large spider web Halloween decoration hanging at his home.
IMAGES: Larger Spider Web image -- more strange photos
The Hampton family built a fake spider web out of nylon and draped it inside their Tampa home for Halloween this year.Dawn Hampton said her son, Cade, became entangled in the web and was unable to breathe.She said she will never forget finding her son in the web."His little face, I saw it around his neck and his face is completely reddish purple," mother Dawn Hampton said.The spider web was so tight that Cade's parents said they were not able to get a finger between it and his neck. The couple quickly cut the nylon with scissors and saved the child."All I was doing was wrapping it around my shoulders and it caught up to my neck and I couldn't breathe," Cade said.Cade suffered bruises around his neck but no serious injuries.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
IMAGES: Larger Spider Web image -- more strange photos The Hampton family built a fake spider web out of nylon and draped it inside their Tampa home for Halloween this year.Dawn Hampton said her son, Cade, became entangled in the web and was unable to breathe.She said she will never forget finding her son in the web."His little face, I saw it around his neck and his face is completely reddish purple," mother Dawn Hampton said.The spider web was so tight that Cade's parents said they were not able to get a finger between it and his neck. The couple quickly cut the nylon with scissors and saved the child."All I was doing was wrapping it around my shoulders and it caught up to my neck and I couldn't breathe," Cade said.Cade suffered bruises around his neck but no serious injuries.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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