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Texas dad smashes windshield to rescue crying baby from car in the searing summer heat
Fox News ^ | 7/23/23 | Bradford Betz

Posted on 07/23/2023 7:34:46 PM PDT by CFW

A baby was rescued from a searing hot car in southern Texas earlier this week after the kid’s family accidentally left the keys in the vehicle.

Footage of the rescue taken by a bystander shows the scene unfolding in the parking lot of an HEB in Harlingen, which is at the southernmost tip of Texas.

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The bystander who filmed the scene told outlets that what was not recorded was a woman who climbed through the broken front windshield to reach the baby and hand the child out.

The heat index for that day was more than 100 degrees.

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To: FatherofFive

that would go over well... baby in sweltering car, and you’re complaining you lost your wallet... lol


41 posted on 07/23/2023 9:17:52 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: CFW
I could not even begin to tell anyone here how many times that my crews and I responded to babies and little kids locked in cars. Most of the units that I was assigned to had tools for opening up vehicles without doing much if any damage. Some people are way better at getting into locked vehicles than others.

The thing that amazes me in this thread are the number of people here who apparently have no idea that an inexpensive side window can be broken extremely easily with just about anything, but there are handy little tools that cost about $5 on Amazon that take a side window out instantly with just a tap and don't send glass flying everywhere. Many firefighters carry one in their protective clothing.

Almost all come with a seatbelt cutter.

42 posted on 07/23/2023 9:32:00 PM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: bgill

“Well, that’s a whole different story. I was just following FR rules about not reading the article.”


I try hard to follow those rules, but curiosity for the “rest of the story” often spoils those plans.

Some here not only do not read the article but they do not read the comments as well. They will then pipe in with a comment that proves that fact since their take on the situation at hand is completely wrong.


43 posted on 07/23/2023 9:37:53 PM PDT by CFW (Old and retired!)
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To: CFW
Oh, here is a link to that Window Breaker and Seatbelt Cutter tool that was in the picture that I posted.

https://www.amazon.com/Luxtude-Pack-Glass-Safety-Hammer/dp/B087PV7LXQ/

44 posted on 07/23/2023 9:44:26 PM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: fireman15

Thanks for that link.


45 posted on 07/23/2023 9:51:50 PM PDT by CFW (Old and retired!)
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To: Pirate Ragnar

It is frowned upon.


46 posted on 07/23/2023 10:24:22 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

I hate self locking car doors!!


47 posted on 07/23/2023 10:26:03 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Repeal The 17th

“ break side glass...unlock door”

My very first thought, too. Why go through the toughest glass on the vehicle?


48 posted on 07/23/2023 10:34:11 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
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To: fireman15

There are other little goodies as small as a key fob, even with key rings installed. They can be used both outside the car and inside (think “water”). I’ve used mine twice to help others, once a baby, once a dog, although both times the cars were running. Smallest window from which you can reach a lock button, click, and it’s open.


49 posted on 07/23/2023 10:35:01 PM PDT by umbagi (Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. [Twain])
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To: FatherofFive
I should probably try to find a place to hide a key on my truck. I always carry a spare key in my pocket, but....

I used to lock them inside back in college quite often. Studying, worrying, running late, etc. so I started carrying a spare and hid one as well. Now I'm out in the woods and places far from help often, so it would be REAL inconvenient to lock them in. Although I can't remember the last time it happened now.

50 posted on 07/23/2023 10:52:35 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: 21twelve

But this can happen;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_dIJvWIz3s&t=3s


51 posted on 07/23/2023 11:08:55 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (I stayed drug - free going on 64 years for this?)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

That’s pretty funny!

That would never happen to me though!

(I also have one of those small spring-loaded class breakers hanging from my mirror - I would just break the glass!)


52 posted on 07/23/2023 11:33:10 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: 21twelve
Good on dad, he did what had to be done.

Most new cars can be programmed where they won't lock without pushing the button on the key fob. On both my vehicles I programmed them to where they can't lock with the keys inside the vehicle.

53 posted on 07/24/2023 12:00:28 AM PDT by GaryCrow
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To: Repeal The 17th

And that would have saved time and energy.

And why did they pass the kid through the window? Couldn’t they just have opened the door once they were inside the car? Seems like a lot of panicked people.


54 posted on 07/24/2023 2:45:57 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: CFW

He had to break the windshield because his blonde wife was in the backseat of the car.


55 posted on 07/24/2023 3:35:10 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: Gene Eric

I have to admit it crossed my mind for a split second. 🤣


56 posted on 07/24/2023 4:32:10 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Pirate Ragnar

Yeah, see my post #15 🙂


57 posted on 07/24/2023 4:33:48 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Repeal The 17th

Yup. That shows how frantic he was, he couldn’t think of anything but rescuing his baby.


58 posted on 07/24/2023 4:35:52 AM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: CFW

I think there are plenty of us. Same thin happened this morning again, though I think it was more like 4:30.


59 posted on 07/24/2023 4:39:29 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong
That child is one who really does need to be taken from the parent.

Why? I suppose you are a perfect parent?

60 posted on 07/24/2023 4:45:11 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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