A family has recalled their terrifying moment when a huge tree crashed through their roof and fell onto their baby’s crib while he was sleeping.
The near disaster that occurred during a wild storm at Avalon on Sydney’s northern beaches last week was captured on little Ned’s baby monitor.
Keisha Ferguson and her husband Matt feared the worst as they ran to their nine-month-old son’s bedroom.
It took them only 40 seconds to reach Ned, but it was the longest 40 seconds of their lives.
The frantic mother could be heard screaming: ‘Oh my God! My baby, are you okay?
The Ferguson family (pictured) are still shocked by the terrifying thing that happened when a tree crashed into baby Ned’s room during a wild storm.
“I clearly remember pulling tile after tile and I couldn’t reach it and I was like screaming,” Ms. Ferguson said. 7News.
Incredibly, Ned was not injured in the strange incident, much to the relief of his parents.
“It’s surreal to think we were there… and it all happened so fast and the sound of the tree falling… there was just no warning,” Mrs Ferguson recalled.
“You think your kids are in a safe place, and we’re just innocently putting them to bed like everyone does every night, and to think that it could fall like that… there was no warning, it just fell in one piece.” above us.’
The near disaster that occurred during a wild storm last week was captured on a baby monitor. In the photo you can see the damaged bedroom and the cot where little Ned slept.
Staggering monitor footage showed the moment the tree crashed through the roof and destroyed Ned’s crib and bedroom, followed by his mother’s terrified screams.
“We didn’t even know what it was at the time… but then when you look at the pictures you see how close it was,” Mrs Ferguson said.
A week later, the family of four said they were told to go buy lottery tickets after their incredible survival story.
“He’s a miracle little boy… he was just fast asleep, very happy,” Ferguson said.
Ned still hasn’t returned to his room to sleep.
But the family hopes that one day it will feel like home.
“When you look at where we were in that room, it’s a miracle we all came out with a couple of scratches,” Ferguson said.
