Family Lost In Corn Maze Calls 911

[cageym]

I can already see the lawsuit: "We got lost in the maze because he didn't put up direction. Emotional Distress!!!"

Family Lost In Corn Maze Calls 911 For Help

BOSTON -- A North Shore police department received an unusual emergency call on Monday from a family who was lost in a corn maze.

The family used a cellphone to call from Connors Farm in Danvers at about 7 p.m. Tuesday after the couple and their two children -- a 5-year-old and a 3-week-old -- became lost in the maize maze, police said.

"I'm really scared. It's really dark and we've got a 3-week-old baby with us," the woman told the 911 dispatcher.

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[Jericho941]

"Just relax. Your husband is with you, right?" the dispatcher asked.

"Yes, but my baby!" the woman said.

A completely valid response, given how babies are well known to be vulnerable to corn exposure.

[Greg]

"Just relax. Your husband is with you, right?" the dispatcher asked.

"Yes, but my baby!" the woman said.

A completely valid response, given how babies are well known to be vulnerable to corn exposure.

You've never actually been near a baby, have you?

These idiots (and they ARE idiots, nearly to a degree that you could describe as 'criminal') should never have gone into a place where they might not be able to leave immediately, with such a small child. If you go out at all with such a little one, you have to be careful and prepared. They have certain needs that have to be met, and I'm willing to make a large wager the parents were NOT prepared for an extended time away from the supplies at home/in the car.

[HTRN]

I guess they never heard of the right hand rule?

[Greg]

I guess they never heard of the right hand rule?

Panic. And stupidity.

You suggest a simple, sensible solution... but if they had the mental horsepower to manage simple, sensible solutions on their own they wouldn't have been in that situation in the first place.

[randy]

Yeesh! It's a corn field. [strike]Unless they did something really unusual to build the maze[/strike], you pick a row, and plow straight through the corn until you hit a fence or a road. Take your bearings and proceed as indicated.

I just had a chance to see the video. That patch would barley count as field in Iowa, it's so small. Pick any direction and walk along a row and you'd be at the wood line or road in 5-10 minutes.

+1 on taking a youngling with you without adequate preparation (or just not doing it until the kid's older? Naaah, Crazy Talk).

[Fivetoes]

"Just relax. Your husband is with you, right?" the dispatcher asked.

Those kids couldn't be his as it appears he has no balls.

[Netpackrat]

That patch would barley count as field in Iowa

We need a rotten tomato smiley....

[Jericho941]

You've never actually been near a baby, have you?

Not near enough to observe the effects of the dreaded Ethanol-235.

[princewally]

"Just relax. Your husband is with you, right?" the dispatcher asked.

"Yes, but my baby!" the woman said.

A completely valid response, given how babies are well known to be vulnerable to corn exposure.

You've never actually been near a baby, have you?

These idiots (and they ARE idiots, nearly to a degree that you could describe as 'criminal') should never have gone into a place where they might not be able to leave immediately, with such a small child. If you go out at all with such a little one, you have to be careful and prepared. They have certain needs that have to be met, and I'm willing to make a large wager the parents were NOT prepared for an extended time away from the supplies at home/in the car.

I've taken my babies lots of places. Unless the kid is prone to sudden emergency attacks, I wouldn't hesitate to bring a brat into a corn maze.