We have always been told that television can harm our childrens health. But never imagine in a physical way?

McKenna Jodell Fox  

27/12/2007 -27/09/2008

September 27th 2007 was the day McKennas parents world came crashing down. Mckenna was only 9 months old. While moving a TV her mother was reaching behind to pull the cords started to fall, she tried to push it back but it was too heavy so she thought oh who cares its just a TV not realizing her daughter had crawled up next to her so the TV fell on Mckenna. She put a good fight but it was too much for her to take and she passed away in her mothers arms 6 hours later.
As witten by her mother Ashley: "Our lives were forever changed in a matter of seconds. Life will never be the same. She had a smile that would light up the room and a laugh that melted your heart. She was funny and smart and the kind of baby everyone wished they had. I never took her for granted I enjoyed every moment with her. I never wished her grow up because I knew it would go by so fast. I loved that little girl with every inch of my soul. She is missed by so many and will never ever be forgotten."

In loving memory of McKenna

 Mikayla Weber

4 year old Mikayla is lucky to be alive after suffering horrific head injuries when a 30kg television fell on her.

The television had been sitting on top of a chest of drawers when it fell more than a metre on to Mikayla's head on January 20, 2010.

Her mother rushed to the room and found her daughter lying under the giant set, with just her feet visible.

"She had blood coming out of her mouth, ear and her nose and I thought she was dying," Ms Weber said.

Mikayla also had a large gash on the side of her head.

When Mikayla's chest suddenly heaved with a big breath, Ms Weber realised her daughter had not even been breathing.

She arrived at the Royal Children's Hospital in a critical condition, and doctors told Ms Weber they did not know if they could do anything for Mikayla.

"I never imagined in my wildest dreams a television could do so much damage," Ms Weber said.

Mikayla had surgery to repair the damaged brain lining, and part of the surrounding skull was removed to allow room for her brain to swell, neurosurgeon Wirginia Maixner said.

A drain was inserted to help alleviate the pressure in her brain from the swelling.

She was in an induced coma for six days, her mother by her side, hovering between life and death.

Mikayla now has her skull repaired and it making a good recovery.

Doctors hope she will make a full recovery, but given the severity of her injury, it could take some time and she could be left with subtle deficits.


The advice tonight: just take a look aroung the back of your TV, see if there is an anchor point you can use; push the top, could a kid reach that? Kids are very clever, they can get on chairs, up draws and everything. So take a few minutes to fix it yourself or get someone to do it for you.

Also TVs placed in objects not to desing to hold them are big danger.