Heart-stopping mom is almost crushed in front of her kids by falling tree as she sunbathes

A family's home security camera has captured the heart-stopping moment a quick-footed mom narrowly avoids serious injury - or possibly worse - after a falling tree lands on the sunlounger where she was lying.

The close call was recorded at the family home in Alpharetta, Georgia, and shows the mom calmly relaxing on her sun-lounger and reading a book, as her children play in the swimming pool.

Then, as the tree begins to fall, one of the children shouts, "Run mom," as the tree starts to plummet to the ground.

Check out the heart-stopping footage below:

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Fortunately, the mom managed to avoid being hit by the falling tree, as it crushed the lounger. The family can then be seen staring at the aftermath in shock.

One of the children then asks his mom if she is okay, to which she replies: "I almost died."

(Watch until the end of the video above to see how the huge tree trunk landed on the lounger.)

Speaking to ViralHog, the incredibly lucky mom said:

"I was sitting at the pool relaxing and reading a book while watching my two sons swim, when I heard a tree cracking and then my son yelled 'Run mom!' so I bolted out of my chair right before a huge tree fell right on the chair I was sitting on.

"Our home security camera captured the whole thing!"

Since being posted to YouTube on July 10, the intense video has amassed over half-a-million views, and hundreds of comments from viewers in disbelief.

"Imagine if she had headphones in and was listening to music like a lot of people do when relaxing in the sun! Wow very lucky," one commenter wrote.

Another person commented: "It does NOT get any closer than that!! She even started moving at the very 1st sound. Wow, I would have been killed."

A third wrote: "How could the son know about the tree??? He is amazing! Saved the mom’s life! I really hope they tell him that and how important he is to the family! God bless you little man!!

"This was a true miracle that no one got hurt!! You all hug each other and tell your family how much you love them"

It really does not get any closer than that.