Dad Shares Warning After Tot Walks on Hot Metal Grate at Splash Park, Suffers 2nd-Degree Burns

Dad Shares Warning After Tot Walks on Hot Metal Grate at Splash Park, Suffers 2nd-Degree Burns
Courtesy of Andrew Sechrist
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As summer temperatures soar nationwide, a father of four is sharing a cautionary tale with other parents after his toddler suffered second-degree burns at a water park. Playing barefoot, the child stepped over hot metal and scalded the soles of his feet.

“I’ve been through hell the last 24 hours,” Andrew Sechrist told Q13 Fox Seattle on July 24 after returning from hospital with his 17-month-old son.