They had almost finished dealing with the situation on their end. The neighborhood security team had arrived a while ago and also had a good grasp of the circumstances.
The matter was soon resolved.
This group of mischievous children had climbed onto an old furnace, a relic from a past steel-making drive, to play. Someone suggested jumping down from it. Initially, some were unwilling because it was too high.
Eventually, a few children berated the others as cowards. Goaded by the taunts, those children refused to back down and, with a surge of reckless bravado, all jumped.
Fortunately, the height wasn't too great; otherwise, they might have all lost their lives right there. However, none of them had expected to find broken glass shards below.
The older children had jumped of their own accord after being provoked, but one small child had been pushed.
