Firefighters Aid Chinese Woman After Foot Massage Machine Snares Her Foot

Firefighters came to the rescue when a woman's foot was trapped in a massage machine that she tried out at a Hong Kong department store, police said Monday.

Jan. 25, 2005

HONG KONG (AP) -- Firefighters came to the rescue when a woman's foot was trapped in a massage machine that she tried out at a Hong Kong department store, police said Monday.

The 44-year-old woman surnamed Lau was testing the OTO Big Foot massage machine on Sunday when she felt a sharp pain in her left foot and couldn't remove it, police spokeswoman Trish Leung said.

Firefighters dismantled the machine and Lau was sent to a hospital and later discharged, Leung said.

OTO Bodycare, the machine's manufacturer, withdrew the product following the incident, newspapers reported.