Couple Helps Free Little Boy That Was 'Soaked in Sweat' & Left Locked in Hot Car at Walmart
With the upcoming hot summer, sunshine comes many risks. It’s easy to remember sweltering summer days when we were young and energetic, running around in the summer heat and not minding the sweat that rolled down our faces and backs.
But for one little boy in Hamilton, Canada, he was not safely enjoying the heat as he sat in a blistering car in a Walmart parking lot.
This was just days after a 3-year-old boy was found dead in a locked, hot car in a news center parking lot in Burlington, Ontario.
Tragically, there was nothing that paramedics could do. An autopsy found his leading cause of death to be hyperthermia, which is conducive to a body temperature rising higher than normal.
Thankfully for the boy in the Walmart parking lot, Monique Mead, a Hamilton woman, and her fiance happened to see this fretful boy as they walked through the parking lot.
According to Mead, the child looked “about 6 years old” and “was freaking out and jumping around.”
Mead’s fiance prepared to break the car window using tools, but Mead took it upon herself to coach the little boy into unlocking the door after she calmed him down.
Mead stated, “We opened all the doors and he was really scared.” After doing so, the couple dialed 911, but ten minutes later, a 53-year-old man approached the car.
The man claimed that the boy was his friend’s son. He also claimed that the boy wanted a drink but did not desire to come into the store with him, so he locked the door with all of the windows rolled up as well.
Soon after, the child was treated for heat exposure and was given back to his father.
After these incidents, Hamilton EMS and doctors have given warnings about leaving children in locked cars for even a short amount of time. This type of action can be deadly.
Mead, in response to this statement by Hamilton doctors, affirmed, “No matter how long you think you’ll be in a store don’t ever leave your kids or someone else’s kids in a hot car.”
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the young boy who died in Burlington.
We are certain that the Hamilton boy and his family will forever be grateful to this young couple for being alert and aware of their surroundings, ultimately saving this little boy’s life.
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