A US family hoping for a mild navigational challenge in
a Massachusetts corn maze ended up calling police on a cellphone
and begging to be rescued.
The parents strolled with their two children, including a
three-week-old baby, into the Connors Farm maze Monday. But as dusk
fell, they simply couldn't find their way back out and
panicked.
"I'm really scared. It's really dark," the mother said in a
recorded call to the 911 emergency number replayed by local
television stations.
"Just relax. Your husband is with you, right?" the 911
dispatcher said.
"Yes, but my baby," replied the woman.
Police went to the rescue with a dog, quickly found the family
-- unharmed just 25 feet (eight meters) inside the maze -- and got
back out.
"We thought this could be fun," the mother said during the 911
call.
Farm manager Rich Potter, who creates the maze corridors in each
year's crop of high-growing maize, or corn, told
thebostonchannel.com site that he didn't think the stricken family
was keen to have another go.
"I don't think they're coming back," he said.
