Fairgoers Catch, Save Toddler Dropped By Mom Dangling From Carnival Ride

Sheri Pinkerton became trapped when the Crazy Bus ride at a carnival in Port Orange started up suddenly as Pinkerton and children were getting off the ride.

"I heard a bunch of screaming and I looked over and the school bus had started to go back up as the mother was getting off with her little girl," Craft said. "She was pretty much caught. She was half in and half out. Her leg was caught up underneath the ride and she was holding on to her little girl."

A group of men then gathered under the dangling mother and child and urged the woman to let go of her daughter.

"I let go of her and she grabbed my shirt so I had to pry her hands off my shirt and let her fall," Pinkerton said. "There was noting I could do. I could not hold both of us. I held on to her as long as I could."

"A bunch of men -- 10 to 12 men-- ran on to the platform and pleaded with the mother to just drop the baby so they could catch her," Craft said. "She held on to her baby for probably three minutes or so and then she did drop the baby so they could catch her -- which they did."

The group was then able to get a ladder and rescue the woman and other riders from the school bus.