Mom’s tragic warning after son, 8, dies from balloon on birthday

determined to turn her family’s heartbreak into a life-saving message, begging others to protect their children from the hidden dangers she never saw coming.

“It’s just torture and it doesn’t get easier, it really doesn’t. If one, two, three people stop and think and take onboard what I’m saying and don’t buy a helium balloon, that’s one child death being prevented.”

She adds, “That’s what it’s all about, preventing it happening to another child and the only way to do that is to stop buying helium balloons. Just buy the air ones – they look just as nice.”

So the next time you’re planning a party, think twice before filling the air with floating decorations.

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