Growing up, I believed inflatable bounce houses made any party or event turn from average to the best party ever.

Children at a recent fundraising event in South Africa will probably differ from this opinion.

A video that has gone viral on X shows an inflatable bouncy house going airborne after it is hit with a gust of wind.

TMZ had more details to report on the freak incident:

It all went down during a school fundraiser in Krugersdorp, South Africa … where you can see the freak wind storm sent the inflatable house o’ fun flying into the sky with kids still inside — and, horrifyingly, they were tossed out mid-air.

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Helpless bystanders watched in shock last weekend as one child lost grip and plummeted to the ground, and another fell a heartbeat later.

According to reports, quick-thinking parents rushed in and formed a human crash pad to soften the blow, but both kids were seriously injured — one kid has a fractured skull, and the other a broken arm.

They’ve since been released, but are now getting trauma counseling after the horrifying fall.

It’s still unclear if other kids were inside and managed to cling on during the chaos — the inflatable finally crash-landed about 50 feet from where it took off.

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NEW: Two children thrown from an inflatable bounce house after a gust of wind lifted it up into the air at a school fundraiser event in South Africa.

The children were seen falling out of the bounce house from about 25 feet in the air.

According to Today, the children… pic.twitter.com/bn5USHMYkn

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 9, 2025

This isn’t the first time a bounce house has gone airborne.

A bounce house that was hit by a gust of wind in Maryland resulted in a child being killed.

TRAGIC UPDATE | 5 year old boy has died after wind gust sends bounce house airborne in Waldorf Maryland

Several children were playing inside the bounce house adjacent to the playing field when a wind gust sent it about 15 to 20 feet into the air, the county said.

The children… pic.twitter.com/i3LCaE9PEF

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CBS News had more on the story:

Concerned parents are wondering what more could have been done to keep a 5-year-old Maryland boy safe after he died when strong winds launched a bounce house 15 to 20 feet in the air and landed on a baseball field in Waldorf.

The Southern Maryland community is mourning the death of Declan Hicks, from La Plata, who was in the bounce house last Friday when it was pushed off the ground by a gust of wind during a Southern Maryland Blue Crabs baseball game at Regency Furniture Field.

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“Just a bit of disbelief that something like that would happen so close to home,” said James MacDonald, who lives near the stadium.

“Very unfortunate, very tragic,” added Alisha Smith, who lives near the stadium. “No parent is expecting to be at a baseball game and experience that.”