boy in Titusville wanted a toy so badly, he was willing to crawl inside a claw machine to get it, firefighters said.

In a social media post, the Titusville Fire Department said Mason was eating at a restaurant with his family when he decided he wanted a stuffed animal.

Mason crawled into the machine and couldn't get out, firefighters said.

The boy was never in any distress and an off-duty lieutenant was able to help get him out safely with “minimal damage to the game.”

Firefighters said Mason was still able to get a stuffed animal.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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