Serious harm avoided when my baby signed 'help'!

Like others , I was thrilled when my baby 2.5 who wasn't speaking yet, learned some signs. I was shocked by how much he could communicate with a couple of signs. Okay so we were at a local carnival and he was on a ride with other small children when he began to sign "help...help" He still looked as happy so I was hesitant to ask them to stop the whole ride, but I did. 😱the entire hinge ,which was visible from his vantage point, had come undone. In moments or minutes (who knows ) connecting the ' car in front of his and his, would have come off and spilled them onto the pavement 😱 He was also signing broken but with the velocity I missed that .

I still think about it.