About a month ago Megan posted about a mother who was arrested for leaving her child in a car, even though she could see her. Well, Travis and I just happen to run into one of our old neighbors from Hespiera, CA last week. They told us that their oldest daughter moved to Missouri a couple of years ago. She had only been there for a couple of weeks and didn't have a phone yet. One of her kids had gotten sick so she went to use a pay phone to call the doctor. She parked her car by the pay phone and left the kids in the car because they were sleeping. She left the car running because it was the middle of winter and she wanted to keep the heat on. She was on the phone with the doctor and watching the car when a man ran up to her car jumped in the car and started to take off. She said it all happen so quickly. She ran to the car door and tried to open it to jump in to save the kids. The driver had already started to take off. She was hanging on to the car door and the car ran over her leg. She would not let go because her three kids were in the car with this man. She was drug on the road for a half a mile. She eventually let go of the car. The cops found her car later that evening with the kids in the car safe. She was rushed to the ER where they had to amputate her left leg. This all because she left her kids in the car. So this just reconfirms my thoughts on why you should never leave your kids in the car no matter what. Just wanted to give everyone a little to think about.
Traci
Apr 21, 2008
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Certainly another perspective, nothing to do with getting arrested, and also thought provoking. The lesson here is never leave the keys in the car, this was dangerous on many levels. What if one of the kids had gotten out of the car seat and put the car in gear? We never think something like that could happen and she paid a high price. We can make judgements and try to second guess the decision but the truth is hindsight is 20/20 and we all make choices that in retrospect we would do differently. I wish her the best.
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