Bryan Saba was just two-years-old when he became tangled in a looped cord and died.
The incident, which involved a window blind cord, happened 11 weeks ago at the family home in Portadown, Co. Armagh.
In order to prevent other families going through the same devastating ordeal as them, Byran’s parents, Maria and Feliciano, have taken part in a safety campaign by the Southern Health Trust.
Describing their little boy as a lively, lovable child, Maria went on to add that the youngster was in the care of his older sister and brother at the time of the incident.
Explaining how the two-year-old had only been alone for a few moments, his sister became worried when there was no noise coming from the room.
Despite attempts to save the youngster, Bryan passed away on 25th September this year.
As part of the trust’s campaign, Maria has shared her story to warn other parents of the dangers and to reduce window blind cord accidents.
"Children like playing with things, blind cords have little pearl balls that attract the attention of toddlers. We need to have at least some form of safety device on the cord, we need to make them secure. We don't want to see another child like Bryan die,” she said.
The trust's accident prevention officer, Nina Daly has praised the Saba family for their “courage and determination”, saying:
"Many people still remain unaware of the danger that looped cords present to babies and young children," Ms Daly said.
"If a child's neck gets entangled in a cord even for a few seconds they can be left permanently brain damaged or die. It really does happen that quickly, without warning and with the child often not able to cry out for help."
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