Watch: Chinese Woman Trapped in Escalator Dies, but Heroically First Saves Toddler Son

A Chinese woman died after being trapped in a shopping mall escalator, but not before pushing her 2-year-old son to safety.

Sunday’s horrific accident in the central city of Jingzhou was caught on surveillance camera footage that circulated heavily on the Internet in China . . .

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The woman — identified in media reports as 30-year-old Xiang Liujuan — is shown reaching the top of the escalator when the section of landing platform she had stepped onto suddenly collapses, trapping her inside the still-moving machinery. (Read more from “Chinese Woman Trapped in Escalator Dies, but Saves Toddler Son” HERE)

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