Crocs Save Child's Life: Plastic Shoes Stop Electricity In Three-Year-Old Harley Sutton-Dormer's Body

Crocs shoes have been credited with saving the life of a three-year-old boy, the Telegraph UK reports. The child, Harley Sutton-Dormer of South Ockendon, Essex, England picked up a hairdryer in the changing room at a swimming pool and was subsequently shocked.

His mother recounted, "A bright blue bolt of electricity went down his arm and shot out his side. It was awful, he was screaming in agony and shaking. The T-shirt and jumper he was wearing are charred and he's got an exit burn on his side about the size of a five pence piece. The whole thing has left him in shock."

Paramedics said the plastic Crocs stopped the electricity moving through Sutton-Dormer's legs, acting as insulators.

Comments

[Climate Digest]

09:46 PM on 06/11/2010

Wow! That's a lucky escape, by the way I love Crocs! www.shoesnews.org

[llisa]

03:58 AM on 06/07/2010

Doesn't sound like the crocs stopped the current at all. It still blew out his side. I don't get this. I would like to see a follow up, though, to see how he is doing.

[Beth Boyle]

11:32 PM on 06/06/2010

Wow that poor boy, Good thing he wasn't barefoot!

[BleuSheez]

02:55 AM on 06/05/2010

Whatever. They're still fugly shoes.

[Quasi Libertarian]

03:55 PM on 06/04/2010

I don't guess anyone noticed that Crocs is a sponsor on this Website?..........Seems like a shameless plug

[Libby123]

08:51 AM on 06/04/2010

Has anyone noticed that the shoes had nothing to do with what happened to this child? The electric current didn't head toward his feet, then suddenly see the shoes and say, "Oop! I'd better exit out his side! Whew! Dodged a brightly-colored bullet there!" The shoes did not prevent the electric current from completing its circuit. The current took the path least resistance, as it will always do.
"Paramedics said the plastic Crocs stopped the electricity moving through Sutton-Dormer's legs, acting as insulators." The paramedics who made this declaration should read up on electricity.

The big question here is why a 3 year old child is allowed to stand on a wet floor and grab an electrical appliance!

[KIVPossum]

07:52 AM on 06/04/2010

Seems the current still went through his body, just not down the legs and out the foot.

Hope the little fellow is OK.

[85Percent]

05:51 PM on 06/03/2010

We had a lightning strike our truck as we were driving home in a storm, and the path of destruction it took was impressive. (we were fine) I can imagine that his little body will have permanent damage.

[heather65]

05:51 PM on 06/03/2010

awww....hope the little guy is ok.....maybe an MRI scan would be on the safe side.

[cmiq]

04:21 PM on 06/03/2010

If he has seperate entry and exit wounds, that means he has a whole path of destruction inside of his body not visible. I hope he's OK

[lpeggy]

05:23 PM on 06/03/2010

I hope he's going to be OK too.