Sunday, October 28, 2007

OK, wow, this article struck me immensely with the irresponsible parent of this 6 month old child and a regular man turned into a hero. This article was about a toddler that got into an air vent, while the parent was not paying attention, and went down a floor in an apartment. The 78 year old man, who lived in the apartment below the child, heard a loud bang and he noticed that it came from the air duct and plunged forward for the baby. As soon as he had a grasp on the baby, he also became stuck in the vent. The person that lived with the man called the fire department and not much later it took 4 fire men to get both the man and baby out of the vent.

The mother of the children was not in the room but the two siblings of the baby were the age of 3 and 5. They were the ones that lifted up the grate for the baby to go into the vent.

I think that this situation is very uncommon, I’m sure its never happened before, and it should never happen again. For a parent to be this unaware and not being punished is a crazy thought to me. Is the parent the topic of this story or is it the 78 year old man? i think the every day hero of a parent should always occur in a child's life. whether a hero should be telling the child to get out of the street or saving the kids life is irrelevant. no matter what the parent should always be in the vicinity of a 6 month old child. this story should be known to parents across the world to warn and protect their children.

2 comments:

Sean H. said...

I agree parents need to watch their children. If a child crawls into an air vent without hte parent noticing tehn the parent needs to learn to watch her children. She needs to tell them not to do something that could endager them.

Ashlie T. said...

Wow that is ridiculous. WHERE WERE THE PARENTS?!?! Wow. I know so many moms who would be appauled at this. I really don't understand how they could let that happen.