A New Jersey woman whose 1-year-old son made national news when a video went viral of him trapped in a tumbling washing machine says she had no idea what happened until police showed her the video Wednesday, the Courier-Post in Cherry Hill reports.
Sakia David said her son, Saimier Bush, was taken to the Federal Laundromat in Camden on May 11 by his baby sitter. Police alerted her after learning of the incident from news accounts.
"She never said anything about it," David, who did not identify the baby sitter, said in an interview outside her apartment.
Speaking on NBC's Today show today, David said she wants the baby sitter punished for allowing a male friend to put the child in the machine.
The footage, recorded by a surveillance camera at Federal Laundromat, would have gone unseen if not posted online. The laundry owner's son posted the video a week ago on YouTube.
The video shows a man, described as a friend of the baby sitter, as he scoops up Saimeir and, apparently playfully, puts him in a washing machine. As the baby sitter sorts laundry at a nearby table, the man closes the washer door. The sitter and her friend then react with shock as the washer starts, sending the boy tumbling.
From the Courier Post:
The pair, unable to open the locked door, call for help and run through the store seeking help. The man returns with Laundromat worker Kong Enh, who shoves a table out of his way to reach the machine's power supply.
Enh cut the electricity to all of the machines in a row that ironically was beneath a sign that read, "Junior Wash." Only then could the child be rescued, more than a minute after the washer door had clicked shut.
Saimeir suffered some cuts and bruises. David said her son has been pulling on his ear and "just looking around a lot."
"I just want this to be over with," she said. "Mistakes happen. That's all I want to tell America."
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