• March 28, 2024

Security Camera Captures What Can Only Be Described As A Guardian Angel In Action [WATCH]

Going to the mall with friends is one of the most common outings we people do nowadays. Sometimes, we play around like innocent, but please never dare to mess around with the running escalator. Yeah, it’s tempting to make a game out of the continuously moving staircase, yet it is still best to use them for what they are meant for…to get to a different floor.

But, while people can be cautioned over and over again, these mishaps still occur sometimes. Just recently, one young girl has learned a lesson about proper mall behavior.

 

'I didn't even think, like a switch flipped and I just ran,' recalled Maloy.
‘I didn’t even think, like a switch flipped and I just ran,’ recalled Maloy.

A video of a hero shopper in a Missouri mall is inspiring many across the country.  While Mark Maloy was shopping at the South County Center in St. Louis, Missouri, he witnessed some horseplay on the escalators. The teen girl, along with her friend, was playing a game where they would hold onto the moving handle a few seconds longer, until they had to jump down to the next staircase. They would wait until they were about three or four feet high and then jump off.

 

Then, as the teen’s friend seems to hold up a phone to capture the dangerous stunt, one girl held on for too long. Maloy said that it got to a point where she panicked’ and was afraid to let go.

And when she let go, her body smashed into the railing alongside the escalator and Maloy caught her kind of like a baby, just as she was falling head-first, 20 feet to the ground.

‘I didn’t even think, like a switch flipped and I just ran,’ recalled Maloy.

In the surveillance video posted on DailyMail, Maloy is seen rushing toward the girl to catch her.

“It’s natural for us to care for each other and it’s natural to help someone in need, especially a child. It’s a good thing to do,” said Maloy.

Mall officials released a statement that thanked Maloy for his heroic action and also warned that horseplay on the escalators and in the mall is against the code of conduct.

 

Maloy’s family is very proud of him for his quick-thinking, heroic actions. “I’m proud of my dad,” said Maloy’s son, who looks at his father as a hero.

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