Good Deed of the Day
Posted by Tommy V at 8/20/2008 1:03 PM and is filed under uncategorized 
I did my good deed for the day.
I went to lunch with my colleagues for one of their birthdays. Once we got done we headed out to the car and I heard a baby crying in the car next to us. We looked inside and there was a 8 month old baby in a mini van by itself. All the windows were rolled up, the driver door unlocked and the keys in the ignition. That concerned us so we decided to hang out for a minute to make sure someone came back out. After about 5 minutes we called the police and asked what to do and they said they would send over an officer asap.
The police offer showed up in about 10 minutes (he asked us where the baby was and we said he is in the car and the officer said "get him out of there!"). He took the baby out of the car right away. The baby did not look bad but you could see sweat rolling down his face and his shirt was wet. At this point it had been around 15-18 minutes since we discovered the baby. The police offer made a call on the radio and an ambulance came with sirens and lights on. Now the mom comes running out and says "I am sorry" the officer said, with a very stern voice, "who are you!!"... "I am his mom" said the scared lady... "Go stand over there and do not move!!" said the very upset officer. Next came a fire truck and three more police officers. We had quite a show going on now.
One of my coworker told the police she noticed the lady eating at the bar when we were in there. So we figured the baby was in the car for at least 30 to 40 minutes. We spend the next 45 minutes telling the police our story and answering all their questions. They arrested the mom and took her off and the ambulance took the baby away, I am guessing to the hospital. The officer told use the baby seemed to be ok but they will check him out to be safe.
We told the officer we did not know if we should take the baby out of the car or not. He told us we should and in a case like this the officers would not say a thing. He told us several times that we did the right thing and over and over again said "you are good citizens for stepping up and looking out for others."
Now my thoughts:
WHAT THE HELL WHERE YOU THINKING LADY... You leave your baby in a car, in the middle of the day in August, while you go in to eat lunch. This did not seem to be a quick lunch either since she had a book to read and this was a sushi house. If you know anything about sushi it takes a while to get once you order.
Some of the others were trying to make excuses for her and feeling sorry for her. I told them "there is no excuse for leaving a baby in the car... for any reason. Do not feel sorry for her she is getting what she deserves." She is just lucky that it was not a 90 degree August day. Doesn't she watch the news and see babies can died when they are left in a car. By the way none of these friends had kids...
I sure hope she learns a lesson from this.
BABIES CAME NOT TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
Oh My Goodness! Shame on that woman, she does not deserve to get her baby back until she shows the court that she will not endanger the poor little childs life ever again. (If that is even possible!) So many children die every year from being left in cars in the heat. You and your friends are heros! Thank You for saving that little childs life.
Hugs & Blessings,
Kimmie
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How can a mother leave an 8 months old baby in a minivan? What type of mother is that? Good for the baby you were around. I'm wondering what happened to the baby and the mother?
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