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| Australia boy gets stuck in first vending machine he's seen | Australia boy gets stuck in first vending machine he's seen |
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| A boy from Australia's remote far north spent six hours stuck in the first vending machine he had ever seen. | A boy from Australia's remote far north spent six hours stuck in the first vending machine he had ever seen. |
| Leo, four, was on holiday with family in Melbourne when he spotted the machine in a hotel lobby. | |
| Reports said the boy was attempting to reach a packed of biscuits when his arm became stuck in anti-theft mechanisms. | Reports said the boy was attempting to reach a packed of biscuits when his arm became stuck in anti-theft mechanisms. |
| He was sedated and distracted with smartphones while emergency crews worked with angle grinders to cut open the machine. | He was sedated and distracted with smartphones while emergency crews worked with angle grinders to cut open the machine. |
| Witnesses said they could hear his screams from the street. | Witnesses said they could hear his screams from the street. |
| The boy was taken to the Royal Children's Hospital in a stable condition. | The boy was taken to the Royal Children's Hospital in a stable condition. |
| Leo's father Aaron Shorthouse said the experience was very hard on his son. | Leo's father Aaron Shorthouse said the experience was very hard on his son. |
| "We live up in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, and I don't think he's seen a vending machine before, so he saw the Oreos, and some biscuits and a few other things," Mr Shorthouse told local media. | "We live up in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, and I don't think he's seen a vending machine before, so he saw the Oreos, and some biscuits and a few other things," Mr Shorthouse told local media. |
| Arnhem Land is a remote region of the Northern Territory with a population of just 16,000 stretched across 97,000 square kilometres (37,000 square miles). | Arnhem Land is a remote region of the Northern Territory with a population of just 16,000 stretched across 97,000 square kilometres (37,000 square miles). |