Parents at a birthday party recently got quite a shock when the bouncy castle their kids were playing in began to deflate. When the homeowner looked through surveillance video they saw that their neighbor had unplugged it.
In the video, you see parents running to the castle as it starts to deflate, where about a dozen of two or three years old, were trapped inside.
“We were very nervous about the kids because it was extremely hot, and they were trapped inside the bounce house,” Romero said ‘We couldn’t really reach for all the kids, and we unfortunately had to pull one of the kids by his leg.”
According to the report, many of the kids were crying and 2 children had to be taken to the hospital, one for distress and the other for possible injuries.
Surveillance video from the Romano home in Florida, shows a man in a red shirt walking into their backyard, unplugging the bounce castle, and then casually strolling back across the street.
“We believe that he thinks that he was pulling the plug to the DJ booth, but it didn’t, it pulled the plug to the bounce house,” the Today Show reported police said.
The man has been identified by police but have not released his name. They have reportedly attempted to question him, but said he was uncooperative.
The man’s wife told NBC News that he is declining comment and has hired a lawyer.