Each year in the United States, between 8,000 and 10,000 people suffer severe
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\ninjuries because of furniture tipping over. Most of those are children. A woman whose child was killed when a TV fell on top of her turned her suffering into a mission to make sure this never happens again.<\/p>\n
“We just held her hand and put our hands on her chest, and told her what a good girl she was and how much we loved her. She passed away after that.”<\/p>\n
It’s truly a parent’s worst nightmare.<\/p>\n
But something Erin Keiser has to live with every single day.<\/p>\n
“His TV, which was the tv that fell on top of Chloe was standing right there.”<\/p>\n
“This is Chloe’s bed.”<\/p>\n
This past december, just a week before Christmas, her 18-month old daughter Chloe died when a television fell on top of her.<\/p>\n
“It’s not easy. My kids Carly and Little John are having a rough time with it. A real rough time.”<\/p>\n
Now Keiser wants to make sure what happened to Chloe never happens to anyone else’s child. She’s trying to push Congress to pass legislation which would require safety standards in place to prevent accidents like this one that killed her daughter.<\/p>\n
“If you’re gonna have a TV in the room, strap it down.”<\/p>\n
And in the meantime, she’s taking extra steps in her own home to protect her three other children.<\/p>\n
“That’s locked so they do not have access to the dresser…so nothing will fall on top of them and get hurt.”<\/p>\n
And she’s not putting her 8-month-old son back into his crib until she gets straps for that too.<\/p>\n
“You think your house is safe, but it’s never safe enough. There’s not a safe house anywhere.”<\/p>\n
The proposed bill would require furniture testing for tipping, labels on furniture, and that manufacturers supply tethering devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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