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Posted October 31st, 2007 by minortopics | Permalink

Another baby forgotten in the backseat of a car

A mother, working at Hooters in Pheonix, Arizona, allegedly forgot her toddler in the back seat of her car when she went to work. She forgot to drop her baby off at daycare and returned to her car where she discovered her dead son.

This happens so often and why??? Why are parents forgetting about their most precious cargo? Why are daily distractions enough to forget about your own baby? Why is it so common? Could this happen to you??

PHOENIX — A 17-month-old boy left unattended inside a hot car for at least seven hours in a north Phoenix Hooters restaurant parking lot was found dead Tuesday afternoon.

FOX 10 Phoenix reports the baby’s mother had planned to drop the child off at childcare before heading to work at a restaurant near Bell Road and Interstate 17.

Instead, authorities say the mother went to work with the child still inside the car.


Information from: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,3065...



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  1. Khalidah
    Nov 2nd, 2007
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    yes, this VERY VERY VERY distressing to me. I for one, cannot stand the heat. Heat even just a little drive me crazy. I have a 17 month old baby girl, oand the thought of her suffering, or any baby, this very painful and agonizing death just tortues me to the core. I get so depressed. I wish there was a device or something that can detect a baby is in a car on warm to really hot days.

    This horrible tradegy just cannot happen. I make it my policy to take my baby with me everytime I get out, even if it is inconvienent, it better to be safer than sorry. Because from cases like these obviously it is all to easy to forget, otherwise these stories would not happen.

    I’d probably just kill myself if my baby died such a horrific death. If my baby died got sick and died, like cancer, I would be upset, but something so unavoidable is so senseless i cannot even accurately express.

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