Wednesday 25 May 2022 08:49 AM Mother relives horrific moment when her 18-month-old son plunged through ... trends now
The mother of a tiny toddler who plunged 5ft down a sewage drain has today revealed she thought he was 'gonna be dead' before she jumped down and found him 'absolutely screaming my name'.
Little Theo Prior fell through a drain cover as it flipped over then closed on top of him on Sunday afternoon while he was walking to his father's house with his mother Amy Blyth.
CCTV from a nearby house showed the moment quick-thinking personal trainer Miss Blyth jumped into the drain to rescue the 18-month-old tot and quickly plucked him from a river of human waste in Tenterden, Kent.
Speaking to ITV's Good Morning Britain today, Miss Blyth, 23, described the hair-raising moment her son plunged 5ft into sewage – while little Theo was seen walking inbetween TV cameras in the studio, smiling behind his dummy.
'I couldn't even hear him, I didn't even know if my baby was gonna be there, if he was gonna be dead because the hole was so tiny, I just literally jumped into the hole,' Theo's mother said.
'He was at the bottom standing in sewage up to his knees, he was screaming my name, absolutely screaming my name, and I just jumped in cause there was these concrete steps, I managed to get my foot on one but the hole was so tight I couldn't bend my body forward to actually grab him.'
CCTV of Amy Blyth and her son Theo, who plunged through a drain in Ashford, Kent
Quick-thinking Miss Blyth lifted off the heavy cover and jumped into the sewage drain
The personal trainer said she had to 'arch her body to grab him and pull him out' safely
On GMB this morning, Miss Blyth said she feared Theo was 'gonna be dead'
The loose drain cover (pictured) that little Theo fell through
She added: 'So we was walking through the area to his dad's house, was walking out from my mum's house to the car and I was walking along thew path and Theo was holding my hand at the start.
'After he let go of my hand, he ran towards the drain, he just ran towards the drain. And something, my gut instinct, just told me I need to run, I need to run, as I turned round, he fell through the hole and the drain had just closed completely on top of him.'
GMB host Richard Madeley responded: 'Thank god it wasn't raining! If you'd been in a storm, he would have been swept away.'
The terrified mother rushed the little boy – who is said to have swallowed some sewer water – to Ashford's William Harvey Hospital, where medics diagnosed him with
