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Wind sends inflatable slide flying
In Hillsboro, Alabama, a freak storm caused an inflatable slide to take off. Luckily, children were evacuated from the slide just in time.
Published August 20, 2024 at 1:27pm by Julia Gomez
Inflatable slide takes flight in Alabama thunderstorm
A video captures the terrifying moment strong winds swept an inflatable slide through the air during a severe thunderstorm in Hillsboro, Alabama, on Saturday, August 17. [Video]
Adults run towards safety as a woman clutches a child close, dodging debris. A massive rainbow blow-up slide, a familiar sight at children's events, tumbles across the field. "Oh my goodness," a man exclaims, while others scream.
The slide soars over a truck and a building, with scattered remnants of the event—plastic tables, a basketball hoop—left in the wake.
"[The children] were taken off two minutes before this happened," said Joshua Cofield, the videographer. Fortunately, no one was harmed, although a tent collapsed, resulting in minor scrapes.
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