A Mum's Worst Nightmare on the Tube: Lost Child and Grateful Thanks

Oh this brought back memories, nearly happened to us. I was with my youngest in her buggy trying to get through the crowds - my son shouts 'there it is mum and just ran to it' - I screamed and he luckily jumped back in time. I was pretty shaken and it was only a nearly! Glad all ended ok!
 
I would of been petrified!!
My kids are not used to trains or undergrounds.
I took the girls to London a few weeks ago and my 11 year old didn't step on the escalator when I did (she was really nervous as there big), I started to go down and she was left at the top 😅 luckily the couple behind me grabbed her and brought her down, but I felt guilty just doing that 🤣
The time we went to London before that we was in the lift in the underground and it was full with people and without realising my youngest had her hand on the door as it opened it took her hand into the gap with the door and was jammed, we litrally couldn't get it out which felt like at least a couple of mins, my sisters partner was trying to pull the door shut again, I was trying to get her hand out and in the end we had to just pull her hand as hard as we could, there was a family waiting to enter the lift as it happened and thankfully they had a big bottle of cold water they chucked over it and we took her to first aid to get a bandage ect wrapped around it, I have never been so scared in all my life 😢
I felt terrible that I didn't see she had her hand on the door 😢
I was so so grateful of that family being there with that water at that time.
 
I did that myself in Paris when I was about 14- raced my brother to the metro and jumped on- doors closed- I was fine but my Dad was a wreck 😂😂
 
Happened to us. Nomatter how great you think your routine of getting all 4 of you on is, it happened. The doors were faulty and only let one person on in each carriage before closing. That was my daughter. She then got her head stuck in the doors as everyone was trying to open them for us. I managed to get onto a different carriage and walked through to find her. She was fithy and hysterical. Everyone passed her down the tube to me. They stopped the train to check all passengers as the doors had shut on people. Was very frightening and she was so scared of getting on and off after that. Strangers were so lovely and helpful. One woman stood on the platform watching where my husband went to let us know he was on safe and to reassure my eldest daughter we were all OK. The Euston tube is a nightmare. 🙃
 
I did it, ran in front of my dad, turned round, doors closed! Some women thankfully saw and pressed the door open of emergency stop or whatever it is and got them open just in time! X
 
@gottmaninst my sister did it as an adult and decided it was the rest of our faults, I say adult she was 35, for someone who is capable of travelling alone she was in a right huff with us because she rushed to get the tube and we didn’t so she went off on her own 😂😂.
 
This happened to me when my husband rushed onto the subway in LA 🙈 so luckily I've always had it in the back of my mind and told our 7 year old we don't rush on if the doors are beeping and what to do if it does happen
 
Yep happened in London with our selective mute Autistic 7 year old daughter 😢 I still have nightmares now and she can’t even hear the word London because of it she was so traumatised from it that our holiday ended as she wouldn’t leave the hotel room!! it could have been much worse in our case….
Here’s what happened, we hurried for the tube as it was about to leave, loaded daughter on and I stupidly let go of her hand!!!!! the door closed and I will never forget the look on her face… we hammered on that door shouting and screaming to get others attention and it worked and someone inside pressed the emergency button! When we went running in our daughter just broke down it was horrendous and I dread to think how much worse it would have been if we didn’t get that door open! I never got to really thank the people inside for realising and pressing that button I can’t even remember who they were but I am forever grateful…
My advice to others is one adult on then child/children then last adult… if only one adult work with the eldest or most able child to take that place of an adult, if just you and one child or young child step on and off at the exact same time and don’t let go of their hand like I did (I will never forgive myself for it) have a plan with your children if your able too and if this happens then what to do and never try to board one when it’s about to leave NEVER!!! I can not prepare my daughter for possible incidents or danger as that puts too much fear and anxiety in ti start and we’d never do anything, she had a sunflower landyard with everything written in the card attached as she cannot physically speak to others that she does not 100% know, so a lost and alone situation is always going to be tricky…
 
Happened to my son when he was little and my husbands arm was still stuck in the door! Group of lads helped to pull the doors apart. 🤦🏻‍♀️
 
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