Today, I saw this video on Facebook, and it’s a little bit hard to watch. But considering the fact that every 10 days a child dies from vehicular heatstroke in the US alone, it’s a message that needs to be spread.
Since 1998 there have been 575 deaths.
73% were children under the age of 2.
I don’t have children. So when I watched this video, it was the role of the passerbys that really struck me. Two people came by, saw the baby, were concerned … but did nothing. Eventually, someone came along who took action. It made me wonder … what would I have done? And that lead me to the following video of an experiment that asks the question: “What do people do when the walk right by an urgent situation?”
Please share. Life is precious. We can’t always control things … tragedies strike. But this is one tragedy that doesn’t have to ever happen. And may we all be alert and take action if ever we come across a situation like this.
oh Kate! Thanks for sharing, I cried my eyes out but this is so common even in Alaska! Winters are worse, people think they should leave baby in the care if its running its ok. But if that heater stops working at 35below…you get the idea. It only takes minutes in any temperature.