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It’s hot there especially in Texas as temperatures have climbed well into the triple digits in recent weeks. So then a family from South Texas accidentally locked the keys in the car, along with their baby, several bystanders rallied to help him get out, Fox news reports.
Footage from one of the people at the scene shows how a man windscreen with some kind of instrument, before another man takes his place and starts bashing. After making a hole, the man reaches in through the windshield. The footage then skips a bit after someone – reportedly a woman – got into the car to pick up the baby. After that, you can see the child crying as they are lifted through the windshield into the arms of the second man.
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WATCH: Windshield smashed to rescue baby from hot car at South Texas HEB
The whole situation reportedly took place in the parking lot of a HAVE grocery in Harlingen, Texas. The heat index on the day this happened was over 100 degrees, according to the news outlet. It probably was even hotter in that parking lot.
At this time, Fox reports that we don’t know how long the child was in there before they were rescued, but according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, it only takes 10 minutes for a car to warm up to 20 degrees. In any case, it was very hot in that little crossover. To make matters worse for those affected, Fox points out that children’s body temperatures rise three to five times faster than adults.
This is reported by USA Today, at least 14 children have already died this year because they were left in hot cars. That brings the total number of deaths over the past three decades to 1,000.
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