Jerusalem – A five year old boy from Jerusalem took his Purim costume a little too seriously this year when, dressed up as a charity box, he decided to swallow coins, Channel Two reported Tuesday.
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Upon noticing that the young boy was in distress, a teacher tapped him on his back, causing one of the swallowed coins to shoot out. The young boy, apparently, swallowed the coins from the charity-box he was carrying as part of his costume.
The boy was struck by a coughing attack, and then began to throw up. He was then escorted to a Jerusalem hospital where, following an x-ray, doctors discovered another coin trapped by his lungs.
Due to the sensitive location of the trapped coin, he was taken into emergency surgery.
Dr. David Zlotnik, head of the emergency room to which the boy was evacuated said that “should the boy not have made it to the hospital on time, this story could have ended with a tragedy.”
Poor dear. He obviously was brought up to understand the merits of giving tzedakah, and I imagine he and his family will be laughing about this years from now, once the immediate scare is over.
Now he’s gonna have to cough up the money….