Skip to comments.
Three Florida kids die after accidentally trapping themselves in freezer
mnbc ^
| Jan. 15, 2019, 6:48 AM PST / Updated 9:34 AM PST
| Minyvonne Burke
Posted on 01/15/2019 10:13:11 AM PST by BenLurkin
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40 last
To: Sacajaweau
I am, too. Call 9-11 first...if they dont answer...then hunt.That's silly. People are always going to look for their kids first.
Sometimes accidents happen.
21
posted on
01/15/2019 10:51:36 AM PST
by
Drew68
To: Red Badger
How did those little kids even lift the cover? I have some doubt.
I have another question but can';t say it out loud.
To: Mears
That I believe. 3 poor kids trapped in a chest freezer could easily suffocate within 30 minutes.
But did those women immediately start the search? And why not check that freezer first?
To: Sacajaweau
It was a small chest freezer, not one of the old huge ones.................
24
posted on
01/15/2019 10:56:33 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
Still, it’s 3 ft. high. That’s higher than a crib side or playpen. And it’s a smooth surface. Someone had to boost that one year old.
To: Sacajaweau
The 6 year old....................
26
posted on
01/15/2019 11:10:23 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: libstripper
A whole spate of these tragedies happened in the 1950s, causing all the manufacturers to design their freezers so kids couldnt lock themselves in.
I know in SoCal there were public service ads (and later laws) that said to remove the doors on old refrigerators/freezers.
27
posted on
01/15/2019 11:17:41 AM PST
by
hanamizu
To: BenLurkin
In London around 1900, the number of kids killed each year by falling into the boiling water used to do the wash was around 10,000. Deaths by these sorts of accidents are absurdly rare nowadays - thank god.
To: BenLurkin
Hopefully a thorough investigation and autopsy will show exactly how and where these kids died.
29
posted on
01/15/2019 11:30:45 AM PST
by
sageburn
To: EinNYC
15 U.S. Code § 1211 - Prohibition against transportation of refrigerators without safety devices It shall be unlawful for any person to introduce or deliver for introduction into interstate commerce any household refrigerator manufactured on or after the date this section takes effect unless it is equipped with a device, enabling the door thereof to be opened from the inside, which conforms with standards prescribed pursuant to section 1213 of this title. (Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 890, § 1, 70 Stat. 953.) https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1211
30
posted on
01/15/2019 11:40:36 AM PST
by
rdl6989
To: EinNYC
A perfect example of having w laws do not supplant common sense
31
posted on
01/15/2019 11:41:19 AM PST
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: BenLurkin
Back in 1968, my father moved our family from Texas to Colorado because he had taken a job there. The house was a lovely split-level ranch home on a huge piece of land. Later, I found out that the previous owners had lost a young boy while living there because he had locked himself in the freezer out in the garage.
I didn’t feel “haunted” and nothing unusual happened to us while we lived there but I found out that, years later, the house was abandoned and became occupied by wild horses seeking to escape the winter cold.
32
posted on
01/15/2019 12:02:06 PM PST
by
OrangeHoof
(When the Rapture occurs, CNN will still be fully staffed.)
To: BenLurkin
One of the leading causes of death in very young children is a 5 gallon pail, with water in it.
Parents need to assess their homes, and remove the obvious hazards. This freezer was one of those.
33
posted on
01/15/2019 12:34:24 PM PST
by
Fireone
(Build the gallows first, then the wall!)
To: libstripper
A whole spate of these tragedies happened in the 1950s, causing all the manufacturers to design their freezers so kids couldnt lock themselves in. Horrible.
When I was a child in the 50s my father was remodeling some apartments and had some refrigerators in the back yard but he had removed the doors. We had no television so he must have read to do that in the newspaper or maybe just common sense from growing up on a farm.
34
posted on
01/15/2019 12:45:00 PM PST
by
angry elephant
(My MAGA cap is from a rally in Washingon state in May 2016)
To: rdl6989
The hasp was apparently installed by the owner of the freezer. It was described as an “aftermarket” hasp in the local paper.
35
posted on
01/15/2019 1:15:26 PM PST
by
Oldhunk
To: BenLurkin
What I don’t understand is how the heck did the one year old get into the chest freezer.
I’ve seen many styles of chest freezers and they are all taller then a one year old.
Did the 4 year old pull the 1 year old into it?
Sorry. It makes no sense.
And I cannot accept they’d not look in the chest freezer FIRST. It should never have been there....
36
posted on
01/15/2019 4:26:49 PM PST
by
Notthereyet
(NotThereYet)
To: BenLurkin
37
posted on
01/15/2019 4:48:26 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
38
posted on
01/15/2019 4:54:38 PM PST
by
deport
To: logi_cal869
39
posted on
01/16/2019 5:28:02 AM PST
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: logi_cal869
40
posted on
01/16/2019 5:28:03 AM PST
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson