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Default Kids in restaurant tragic ending

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/15/us/atl...ies/index.html

(CNN)A 5-year-old boy died after being crushed Friday in a rotating
restaurant atop a downtown Atlanta tower, with the child getting caught
between a table and a wall as the floor moved, police said.

The boy was at the Sun Dial restaurant -- whose dining area topping the
73-story cylindrical Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel rotates to give
patrons a panoramic view of the city -- when he left his parents' table
Friday afternoon.
As the floor moved, the child became caught "in between maybe 4 to 5
inches of space," Atlanta police Sgt. Warren Pickard said.
"A small child (doesn't) know what to do in those moments. It crushed
his little, small body," Pickard said.

The Sun Dial rotating restaurant and bar sit atop the Westin Peachtree
Plaza Hotel in downtown Atlanta.
The floor automatically stopped as it is designed to do when something
is caught. The boy suffered serious head injuries and was taken to a
hospital, where he died, the officer said.
"We know they (were) the last customers for the lunch crowd, and this
was very tragic," Pickard said.
The family was visiting Atlanta from Charlotte, North Carolina. The
boy's name was not immediately released.
The hotel's manager, George Reed, issued a statement offering
condolences to the family.
The restaurant will be closed for the Easter weekend because of the
boy's death, CNN affiliate WGCL-TV in Atlanta reported.