'FRIGHT OF MY LIFE'
Desperate mum ‘drowning’ in giant children’s ball pit with her son waves for help after falling in
Vivien Low, who is 5'8", said the balls came up to her armpits and when she fell she could not reach the bottom
A DESPERATE mum is seen waving for help after slipping under the surface of a kids' ball pool so deep it felt like she was drowning.
Vivien Low posted the footage on Facebook, saying she got the "fright of my life" in 40,000 plastic balls suspended in a bouncy net.
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She said she began to panic after falling in with four-year-old son Riley.
Vivien said: "Not long into the play, I lost my balance in the ball pit and fell backwards.
"I could not reach the bottom and I could not stand up.
"I tried to roll over, I couldn’t. I tried to find the net so I could grip it, I couldn’t.
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"My son was stuck inside too. I panicked and waved and screamed for help. None came.
";I seriously panicked and did not know what to do."
Finally she said she managed to grab someone's hand and stood up, then rescued her son and two other kids from the ball pool.
Parenting blogger Vivien, who is almost 5ft 8ins tall, said the balls came up to her armpits when she was standing upright.
She has called for a review of safety at the three-story AirZone children's play area at the City Square Mall in Singapore.
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The ball pool is in a net suspended across the third floor of the shopping centre, with a slide and a maze on the fourth and fifth floors.
After Vivien's video went viral, AirZone : "So far, the feedback we have about the ball pit has been very positive and we've not received any other feedback about the ball pit being too deep."
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But the operator also said on Facebook: "We will review the number of balls included in the pit and ensure that our first-aid trained staff will be swifter in their response to any requests for assistance."
It added: "Fun fact: actually, it’s impossible to drown in the pit.
"The uniform 7cm balls create an extremely porous pit and are at the same time too big to fill your nose or mouth."
Last September a horrified mum claimed kids were left covered in poo at a soft play area in Surrey.
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