ACFT PARKED AT GATE; 4 YR OLD BOY FELL OUT OF FORWARD SVC DOOR.

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ON JAN/XX/95 I WAS SERVING AS FO ON ACR AIRLINES FLT X FROM HOUSTON TO DALLAS; FLYING ACFT #X. WE ARRIVED AT DALLAS LOVE FIELDS GATE X AT XA40 LCL TIME AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN DEPLANING. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE PARKING THROUGH FLT CHKLIST; CAPT EXITED THE ACFT. I REMAINED IN MY SEAT TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT LEG OF OUR DAY. (FLT Y DALLAS TO AUSTIN.) I HAD COMPLETED THE COCKPIT PREPARATION AND JUST FINISHED TALKING TO CLRNC DELIVERY. I THEN GOT UP OUT OF MY SEAT. AS I EXITED THE COCKPIT FLT AFT X9ND Y AND THE PROVISIONER WERE ALL IN THE FORWARD GALLEY AREA. X AND Y PROCEEDED TO MOVE TO THE FORWARD LOUNGES TO ASSIST; AND TELL PAX GOOD-BYE. I BEGAN TO POS MYSELF IN FRONT OF THE FORWARD FLT ATTENDANT JUMPSEAT. I NOTICED A (THE LITTLE BOY INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT) MOVING TOWARD THE FORWARD EXIT DOOR (JETWAY DOOR). AT THE SAME TIME MY ATTN WAS DRAWN TO A'S MOTHER MRS B WHO WAS LOOKING FOR HER STROLLER FOR HER YOUNG GIRL. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO POINT OUT THE STROLLER IN THE JETWAY; WHEN MRS B; WITH A PANICKED LOOK ON HER FACE POINTED TO THE FORWARD SVC DOOR AND SAID; 'MY BOY WENT OUT THAT DOOR!' I EXITED THE FORWARD SVC DOOR ONTO THE PROVISIONING PLATFORM EXPECTING TO FIND A ON THE PROVISIONING TRUCK. THE PROVISIONER (ALREADY STARTING DOWN THE LADDER) POINTED BEHIND ME AND DOWN. I TURNED AROUND MRS B WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE ACFT HOLDING THE LITTLE GIRL. I TOLD HER TO REMAIN IN THE ACFT. I THEN LOOKED DOWN THROUGH THE SMALL GAP BTWN THE PROVISIONING TRUCK AND THE ACFT. A WAS STANDING UP ON HIS OWN CRYING. I TALKED TO A FOR A FEW SECONDS WHILE THE RAMP PERSONNEL (ALREADY IN MOTION TOWARD THE BOY) APCHED HIM. I THEN TOOK MRS B TO THE JETWAY DOOR WHERE RAMP PERSONNEL WERE TO BRING A. AS A ARRIVED IN THE JETWAY I ASSISTED ONE OF THE RAMP PERSONNEL IN COMFORTING A. THIS WHOLE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. EVERY CREW MEMBER AND EMPLOYEE ACTED AND REACTED IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER.