WHAT JULIA MEANS FOR KIDS
WITHOUT AHMAD RAHAMI.
IT IS A TRAGIC ACCIDENT
THAT IS HARD TO IMAGINE.
A YOUNG BOY DIED AFTER
CATCHING HIS HOODIE ON A COAT
HANGER IN A CHANGING ROOM AT A
THRIFT STORE.
THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD WAS ALONE
WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY HANGED
HIMSELF.
HIS GRANDMOTHER HAD TAKEN HIM
TO THE AGAIN THRIFT IN MANKATO.
ANGELA DAVIS TALKED WITH THE
LITTLE BOY'S FAMILY.
HE WAS REALLY ACTIVE.
HE WOULD BE JUMPING ON THE
COUCHES, DOING FLIPS.
HE WOULD TRY TO BREAK DANCE, DO
LITTLE MOVES AND STUFF.
HE WAS VERY -- SUCH A
DAREDEVIL.
Reporter: SHE SAYS HER FOUR-
YEAR-OLD WAS AN ACTIVE CHILD.
HE WAS PLAYING.
THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER WAY I CAN
DESCRIBE IT, YOU KNOW?
HE WAS PLAYING BECAUSE HE WAS
VERY CURIOUS AND ADVENTUROUS.
Reporter: SATURDAY EVENING
WHILE SHOPPING WITH HIS GRANDMA
AT A THRIFT STORE, HE SHIPPED
AWAY UNNOTICED.
POLICE SAY IT APPEARS THE CHILD
WENT INTO A DRESSING ROOM,
CLOSED THE DOOR AND CLIMBED UP
ON A BENCH.
WE BELIEVE THAT HE GOT
HIMSELF CAUGHT UP ON A COAT
HOOK WITHIN THAT DRESSING ROOM
AREA AND COULDN'T FREE HIMSELF
FROM IT.
Reporter: HIS HOODIE GOT
TANGLED IN A COAT HANGAR.
IT APPEARS HE SUFFOCATED
BECAUSE HIS FEET COULDN'T REACH
THE FLOOR.
HIS GRANDMOTHER AND OTHER
SHOPPERS SEARCHED FOR HIM
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE
STORE.
IT WASN'T UNTIL SHE CAME
BACK INSIDE SHE SAW SOMEBODY
CARRYING HIM OUT.
HE WAS HANGING, SO YOU DIDN'T
SEE HIS FEET UNDER THERE.
Reporter: EFFORTS TO REVIVE
HIM WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.
WE HAVE TO BE SUPER AWARE OF
WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE ALL THE
TIME AND THAT THESE INSTANCES
CAN HAPPEN IN THE BLINK OF AN
EYE.
Reporter: ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO
4 NEWS.
THE FAMILY TOLD ANGELA THEY
NEED HELP PAYING FOR THE
FUNERAL.
