of two of this children who were involved in this accident. richard, welcome. thank you for calling in. thank you. martha: tell us, you know, what happened, and what your children said they experienced. well, my two older girls, ages 5 and 7, waited on line for a while to get into this two-tiered bouncing room. there was no wind, and all of a sudden i feel a strong wind coming, and it just keeps coming and keeps getting stronger, and we looked over, and the larger part of the structure, the inflated structures which was a slide started un, you know, coming undone, unstabilizing. and fortunately, all of the kids who were pulled off it just before it went airborne. and i can t so much judge heights, but it went minimum 50, likely 100 feet in the air, and i m waiting for kids to fall off of it, i swear the god. and then i looked in the bounce
but the families, the coaches all did a sensational job. martha: richard, they thought it was part of the ride? were any of the kids [laughter] you know, that s, in many ways, i guess, a typical child reaction. right. martha: you know, sometimes those things can be terrifying when kids start jumping around and kicking each other in the head. yes. that s why our 3-year-old wasn t in it. martha: you think that first piece went 100 feet into the air? it had to be 100. i thought they were going to find it two towns away with bodies in the it. and, of course, that s what we thought was going to happen to the bouncy one. i was trying to grab it, but i was not match for it. martha: are you ever going to let your kids go on one of those again? no, not outside. martha: my kids were just in one a couple weeks ago, but i ve done too many of these stories. richard, thank you.
or the brake™. help ! gas™ or brake ? take it from me with hertz, you ll always find your way. hertz at the airport, in your neighborhood or at hertz.com. martha: a terrifying accident on new york s long island over the weekend. this amateur video was taken on the scene. high winds caused several of these inflatable bounce houses, two pieces of it, really, to take flight. one woman is reported to be in critical condition. joining me now on the phone is richard dowd, he is the parent