Posted on 05/18/2008 1:02:05 PM PDT by Oyarsa
Harried family forgets tot in Vancouver airport Air Canada staff took care of boy while father flew back from Winnipeg The Associated Press updated 9:54 a.m. CT, Wed., May. 14, 2008 VANCOUVER, British Columbia - An immigrant family left a 23-month-old boy in the Vancouver airport and learned he was missing only when contacted during the next leg of the trip.
Jun Parreno, the boy's father, told The Vancouver Sun the mix-up occurred Monday as he, his wife and two grandparents of the child, J.M., were scrambling between their arrival in Canada and a connecting flight to Winnipeg on Air Canada.
Running late after having to unpack and repack all their luggage, "we had 10 minutes before boarding," said Parreno, who was emigrating with his family from the Philippines. "We were running for the gate."
He said he thought his son was with the three other adults, who were running to the gate ahead of him, and they thought the little boy was with him.
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If it could happen to St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary, it could happen to anyone.
They didn’t literally “FORGET” him, the mother thought he was with the Father, the father thought he was with the mother. Since they weren’t sitting together, it’s bizarre, but understandable. I’m hoping this doesn’t become a they are horrible parents thread. Crazy things happen in this world and it doesn’t mean that the people who they happen to are bad people.
Just Wow.
LOL! I once left my daughter in a bank (she was about 7 at the time) because she was supposed to go with another group on the camping trip we were preparing for, and at the last moment, she hopped into my car. Since I was the one buying the groceries for this large crowd, I was pretty preoccupied - she wandered off when I was in the bank, and I didn’t even realize it until I got home and the bank called me. Mentally, I had already checked her off as being with the group. Boy, was I embarrassed.
Of course, she never let me forget it, and till this day (she’s in her 30s), I still hear “remember when you left me at the bank?” - which usually manages to extort a new pair of shoes or a manicure out of me when we’re out shopping together. This kid has got his guilt trip material in place for the rest of his life!
I don't get it, if the other adults were running ahead of him, WHY couldn't he see that his son was not there.
I once walked away from my family while at Disney World.
4 adults, one child, and no communication as to who would be responsible for the child? Sounds like lousy parenting to me.
My husband once left our son at a rest stop on I-80 in Pennsylvania (Brady’s Leap).
He was almost at the New Jersey state line when state troopers pulled him over. BTW our son was 16 years old at the time.
Well, finally..I was wondering when I would meet the first perfect person...I’m sure you’ve never done anything that you are totally ashamed of and would cringe if someone ever found out.
i just had a dream like that last night.
At least they didn't go into a casino and leave the kid in the car on purpose.
Years ago, a family at my mother's church with 4 small boys, left one at church and did not discover his absence until putting the other three to bed. They rushed back to the church and found him asleep on a pew in a darkened sanctuary.
Our son in law has been so paranoid about leaving one of their three little ones, that when leaving, he tells the grownup in charge--""All right, you have responsibility for this one. If you turn him/her over to someone else, be sure they acknowledge they are responsible until someone else takes charge."In other words, he assures the continuity of a responsible adult.
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My wife and I always verbally agreed who would be responsible for the child. There was not a mere statement, but a positive acknowledgment. It only takes a few seconds.
And folks that won’t take that few seconds are either lazy or careless.
One parent and several children merits sympathy. One child and multiple parents and grandparents merits contempt.
Getting through airport security (or in this case, customs) is particularly difficult with a child. But they only had 14 hours on the plane to figure out their strategy.
Excuse me, but the man specifically says and I quote He said he thought his son was with the three other adults, who were running to the gate ahead of him, and they thought the little boy was with him."
He says NOTHING about how they were seated in this quote. He specifically states the other adults were running to the gate ahead of him, if someone is running ahead of me, how would I know this unless I could actually see them????? There is no excuse for leaving a child behind.
Running late after having to unpack and repack all their luggage...
Esscuze Me, but iz zis you bar of SOAP!???
DOoo ziz thoongs you wife she wear?
Etc. Etc. Etc.
And you believed your husband when he swore up and down it was an accident?!
DOoo ziz thoongs you wife she wear?
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Exactly! LOL! Everything except WHERE's MY SON???
Dh and I do that with the grandkids, we call it "having the con". Before leaving charge of one, we have to say to each other "You have the con", that way we know who to blame if they (the kids) get in trouble! They are young yet, so we hope we mean "con" as in control.
McCain and Kerry who chaired the Senate committee to determine the “honesty” of Communist Vietnam in their final report on the status of POW/MIA in order to OPEN NORMAL BUSINESS RELATIONS — found no evidence of foul play or deception by the Communists..
Imagine that!
So, one little kid temporarily "left behind" -- no big deal.
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