This happened to a guy at my work. His wife (who also works here), usually took the kid to daycare, but on this day, he did as she had a meeting. Mom goes to pick up the baby after work, and the daycare tells her he is not there. SO she calls dad on the cell and asks where the son is. It was then he realized he had forgotten to drop the baby off. He ran to the parking lot, she ran from the daycare (it is in close proximity to our work) to the lot...the police were called. Dad was afraid to open the car door, mom was prone on the pavement screaming. They finaly opened the door..and LUCKILY, the baby was still alive, though he had been trapped in his carseat for 8 hours, It was late fall here, and we had been having an uncommonly cool week, which definitely saved the baby. When the ambulance pulled away, the police would not allow the parents in the back...dad was kneeling on the ground crying his eyes out.
"This happened to a guy at my work."
I forgot to pick up one of my daughters from pre-school ONCE in 3 years. Fifteen years later I still hear about it.
Now that was a sad story. I hope these parents were able to regroup and forgive. This could happen to many people, but especially dads or moms with many kids.