The two boys climbed into the same claw machine, weeks apart, in the St. Louis area.

Tim Hopper, 33, was out shopping with the family when his 3 year old son Ethan climbed into a toy machine and couldn't get out.

It only took 15 seconds for 2-year-old Cooper to climb into a claw machine and get stuck while his parents were momentarily distracted by their other son’s soccer game. The smiling toddler didn’t seem ...