A MUM says her family’s UK staycation turned into a nightmare when her four-year-old son got sucked into a hot tub filter.
Lucy Smith had been looking on as her son Lucas played with his cousins in the tub at a Sheffield hotel – before he started screaming.
She frantically tried lifting him out of the jacuzzi but quickly realised he was stuck.
The 33-year-old mum and one of her cousins managed to free Lucas after an agonising 15 seconds.
But the youngster was left with huge purple bruises across his bottom, which was bleeding heavily.
Lucy and her husband Jamie rushed Lucas from their hotel in Sheffield to hospital.
Doctors told the Barnsley family Lucas had been lucky not to suffer internal bowel damage.
Horrified Lucy later found the cap from the hot tub filter had come off – sucking Lucas into it.
She said: “I was just stood at the side watching all the kids play when Lucas suddenly started screaming.
“I knew instantly something was wrong….
