Firemen free 'wizard' from hat
By ALEX PEAKE
Published: Today
Link: http://www.thesun.co.uk/s...375094.ece


Charlie Thomas

LITTLE Charlie Thomas plonked a traffic cone on his head to be like Harry Potter – and had to be cut free by firemen when it stuck fast.

Charlie, three, thought it was a wizard idea to wear a hat like his boy magician hero.

But when he dashed over to show parents Louisa and Martin they realised the cone was jammed tight.


Working their magic ... firemen free Charlie

Louisa, 34, and car sprayer Martin, 36, of Cullompton, Devon couldn’t tug it off or ease him free with soap.

So tearful Charlie had to wait 45 minutes until SIX firemen came to the rescue.

They then took another half an hour to remove the cone with cutting tools and pliers.

The incident was as frightening for Charlie as something from the pages of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – made into a film starring Daniel Radcliffe as the boy wizard.

Bank worker Louisa said: “Charlie loves Harry and when he put the cone on he was so pleased with himself. But when we couldn’t get it off, it was a bit scary.

“We shouldn’t have laughed but he looked so comical, even though he was upset.

“The firemen got him out by pouring water down the cone and cutting the rim. He looks sorry for himself in the photo and won’t thank me when he sees it in future.”

Charlie, who turned three on Saturday, had been flying a kite in a field with his parents and sisters Emily, eight, and four-year-old Isabella when he found the cone – but ended up wailing: “It’s stuck!”

Still, he was left with one bonus from his spell of bad luck – a red mark just like Harry’s lightning-bolt scar!


That's old hat ... Charlie with the traffic cone



Aww his little face with the cone stuck on he looks 2 cute

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[Edited 10/23/07 7:29am]

dang, he could have suffocated

horatio said:

The cone was stuck on his head not over his mouth

katt said:

oh
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horatio said:

I read that in the paper today.

That is so cute.

OMGoodness that is so cute.

Poor little guy!!!