"It's not only about the car. It's about turning your head for a moment, or being distracted, and the child lets go of your hand in the parking lot. Or reaches for the stove, or a million other things where you just know that someone above was looking out for you."
I'd guess that just about everybody here knows somebody who has looked away at the wrong instant and a child has been killed or injured. In a nearby county an 8-year-old girl was playing near a flooded culvert when she was sucked in two days ago. The grandmother taking care of her wasn't looking at that moment. This girl had a family member staying home with her; she wasn't at day care. They found her body yesterday morning.
One day when my kids were very little, I had run out of the house to run errands. My husband was in charge. He thought the kids were okay, so he took a shower.
My charming twin daughters unlocked the door and ran out of the house. We lived near a fairly busy road, and my daughters were running down the street toward that very busy road.
Thank God, a neighbor found them before they reached the street and brought them home.