Mom Explains Guilt After Toddler Survives Fall Off Deck (Exclusive) [Video]

Following a scary accident at her home in May, Sara Busser decided to start an online conversation about mom guilt and anxiety.

The Rhode Island parent took to TikTok to detail how her son fell off their home deck while her back was turned. Busser called the experience “the scariest moment of my life,” in the caption of her video, which received over 111,000 views on the app.

In her TikTok, the mom shared that she was sitting with her mother-in-law when her 18-month-old son, Briggs, managed to squeeze through her deck’s railing. Busser heard a loud bang followed by crying after Briggs dropped around two to three feet down onto her HVAC unit.

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While Busser and her mother-in-law raced over and reached Briggs just moments after the fall, the TikToker told her …