The Alamo

Tommy was quite proud and was showing us the hole where his head was stuck.

"See Dad it was like this....."

Love that his trauma had no lasting effect!

Lollipops and ranger pins for everyone! After the ice pack you can barely see any damage to his head...just a red spot on his forehead.

From my journal entry of Dec 30, 2010:

Tom, Natalie and I and all the kids stayed on the Alamo grounds while the adults went through the exhibit. Tom was near Tommy when all of a sudden we heard Tommy crying and Tom looked over at me and said, "He's stuck!"

I went over to them and saw that Tommy's head was wedged in a drain hole of a stone wall. I tried to force his head out but it was literally a round head in a square hole. He was good and stuck! Natalie came over and tried as well. Stuck!. Tommy was justifiably screaming bloody murder. Soon there was a crowd of at least 30 people. Some were trying to help. Natalie was calling 911 for help. The Alamo rangers all came running to the rescue. And then just as suddenly his head was out. Some tourist was able to see where there was space to turn his head and get him out...a miracle!

Natalie canceled 911. The rangers brought an ice pack, lollipops and an Alamo Ranger pin for each child. Now Tommy was the hero! As we sat waiting for the adults to come out, another ranger came by and said, "I've been working here at the Alamo for 20 years and I've seen a lot of things but this was this first time this has ever happened!"

Everyone was very concerned and attentive. I figured it was because they were afraid we would sue them. In Europe they would have ignored us and let us figure it out on our own.

That night we were laughing about the episode around the kitchen table (all is well that ends well) and Jake reminded us that when he was 18 and working at the Embassy he had a large tube he put over his head and then pushed it down around his neck. His nose stopped him from being able to pull it off. He had to call a maintenance man to cut it off. "Like father like son!"