Eight-month-old Levi Choo silently crawled over to the hearth, wobbled, lost his balance, and placed both hands on the hot glass of a gas fireplace.
In an instant, searing heat torched the palms of young Levi’s hands, causing second-degree burns.
“I can still hear the sound of Levi screaming. It was a scream I had never heard before, a scream that ran through my bones, a scream I will never forget,” said mother Breanna McMahon.
McMahon,
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