VIDEO: Hero mom saves son as she’s killed in horrific escalator accident
Published atBEIJING (CNN) – A Chinese woman died after being trapped in a shopping mall escalator, but not before pushing her 2-year-old son to safety.
The horrific accident Sunday was caught on surveillance camera footage.
The woman — identified as 30-year-old Xiang Liujuan — is shown reaching the top of the escalator when the section of landing platform suddenly collapses, trapping her inside the still-moving machinery.
The footage shows Xiang managed to push her son into the arms of shop attendants near the top of the escalator. The attendants tried to pull her to safety, but Xiang fell into the mechanism and was killed.