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My daughter (nine years old at the time) was wearing shorts and went to jump from our backyard swing. She let go of the chain at a good time, but her slightly s
by nwatson 3y ago
My daughter (nine years old at the time) was wearing shorts and went to jump from our backyard swing. She let go of the chain at a good time, but her slightly sweating leg skin stuck to the flexible plastic/rubber swing. She ended up swinging back and fell forward on the backward upswing and would have landed straight on her head ... but she broke her fall with her right arm. She broke both bones in her forearm and had some metal support rods in them for six months while they healed. My wife and I were sitting right by the swing when it happened and could do nothing about it. My daughter quite possibly saved herself from a broken neck.