Mom rescues son after getting a hunch

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Associated Press

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - A woman saved her 13-year-old son's life after following a hunch that the 4-foot deep trench he was digging collapsed on him, officials said.

Dylan Scott was recovering at home Monday from the scrapes and bruises he sustained when the sand fell in on him.

"It's creepy," he said. "I just remember something really heavy fell on me."

Wendy Scott, 41, said she didn't see Dylan when she retuned to the beach after briefly joining her 10-year old in the water Sunday.

Other beach visitors told her Dylan had gone swimming, but she sensed he was buried in the sand, she said.

Onlookers began helping her dig when she clawed through the sand and touched Dylan's head, she said.

The boy wasn't breathing and had turned blue by the time rescuers arrived, she said. He was revived at a hospital.

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Associated Press

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - A woman saved her 13-year-old son's life after following a hunch that the 4-foot deep trench he was digging collapsed on him, officials said.

Dylan Scott was recovering at home Monday from the scrapes and bruises he sustained when the sand fell in on him.

"It's creepy," he said. "I just remember something really heavy fell on me."

Wendy Scott, 41, said she didn't see Dylan when she retuned to the beach after briefly joining her 10-year old in the water Sunday.

Other beach visitors told her Dylan had gone swimming, but she sensed he was buried in the sand, she said.

Onlookers began helping her dig when she clawed through the sand and touched Dylan's head, she said.

The boy wasn't breathing and had turned blue by the time rescuers arrived, she said. He was revived at a hospital.

Now that truly is a miracle...

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Sounds like he was a very lucky kid! (but what on earth was he doing digging a four-foot-deep trench in beach sand? Somebody should have warned him about how unstable it is!)

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Sounds like he was a very lucky kid! (but what on earth was he doing digging a four-foot-deep trench in beach sand? Somebody should have warned him about how unstable it is!)

someone told him there was a darwin award buried there