⚾ At a Florida youth baseball game on Sunday, a 17-year-old umpire had to pull a child from a dust devil that formed on home plate. The moment was caught on camera.
At a Florida youth baseball game on Sunday, a 17-year-old umpire had to pull a child from a dust devil that formed on home plate.
The dust devil wrapped up a 7-year-old child before umpire Aidan Wiles came to the rescue, pulling the child out and shielding him."I've never seen anything like that my whole entire life, on or off the field," Wiles toldGet Philly local news, weather forecasts, sports and entertainment stories to your inbox.
While the player appeared shocked afterward, he was OK and finished off the game after the dust, quite literally, settled.
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