Then the day care people said hey, there she is in the car?
I didn't glean the same interpretation you did. Dad made an unforgivable mistake.
Close...I don't think they said anything to the Dad about the baby being in the car...
It's amazing how many times this story is told each summer.
Yes, that part I agree with your interpretation.
Then the day care people said hey, there she is in the car?
Not sure about that part. Sounds to me like once they told him she never arrived that morning the dumb ass realized that he had left her in the car all day which means he drove to work, parked, left her there for however many hours. Then, after work drove to day care to pick her up. The rest is, well, very sad!
No, i think the dad suddenly remembered not dropping her off when the daycare people said she was not there all day.
Airbags have made it unsafe to place infant car seats in the front, and consequently they are placed in the backseat, where they can be easily forgotten.
It would be almost impossible to "Forget" an infant, if it was in the seat next to you.
We put the tiny ones in the back seat to keep them safe and forget they are there. Wouldn't it be safer to have them in the front seat, so you don't forget them?
When will be the next time he forgets her little face in that carseat?
WTF??
What kind of man (or woman, for that matter) would put a five-month-old in daycare?
Some people really should not be entrusted to have children.
You would think that with all technological advances of modern day, somebody would have come up with a device to recognize and warn a driver that an infant or child is in the vehicle. Not only that, a loud siren should be part of the warning signal so that anybody in the vicinity would also be warned. That baby must've been in a car seat and a car seat should be capable of being electronically connected to a warning signal that goes off as soon as a driver turns off the car or exits the car.
I'm not trying to excuse the driver in this instance, but this kind of tragedy happens too often.
Not only did he forget to drop her off. He supposedly didn't notice that she was still in her car seat when he got back into his car and drove to th sitter's.
Actually, I can see this happening. When my kids were little, we still put car seats in the fron seat. It was because of airbags that they were moved to the back. Additionally, they now have small infants facing backwards, and the drivers can't see the child. This may be safer in accidents, but makes them "out of sight and out of mind".
There was a similar incident in Phoenix a couple of weeks ago. A radio announcer read a poem by Shel Silverstein, changing ate to baked. The poem is meant to place the blame where it belongs, but it's kind of strange, considering that this is a book children's verses.
Dreadful"
by Shel Silverstein
in 'Where the Sidewalk Ends'
Someone baked the baby.
It's rather sad to say.
Someone baked the baby
So she won't be out to play.
We'll never hear her whiney cry
Or have to feel if she is dry.
We'll never hear her asking "Why?"
Someone baked the baby.
Someone baked the baby.
It's absolutely clear
Someone baked the baby
'Cause the baby isn't here.
We'll give away her toys and clothes.
We'll never have to wipe her nose.
Dad says, "That's the way it goes."
Someone baked the baby.
Someone baked the baby.
What a frightful thing to eat!
Someone baked the baby
Though she wasn't very sweet.
It was a heartless thing to do.
The policemen haven't got a clue.
I simply can't imagine who
Would go and (burp) bake the baby.
Two children (separate incidents) died after being "forgotten" in Oklahoma last week also. Unbelievable.
What a tragedy.
Dads seem to forget their kids alot.
The way I read it is he remembererd to pick her up from daycare in the afternoon, but didn't realize that he never dropped her off in the first place. Absolutely tragic. Prayers to the family.
Let me guess: Just as he drove up to the daycare he got an important call on the cellphone and drove on past and gabbed all the way to the office. Pretty easy to forget something in the back seat when you're on the phone.