June 23, 2022
Volume 52 - No. 24
By Friedrich Gomez
RECENT STUDY SHOWS DANGER TO CHILDREN & PETS IS NOW RAMPANT. According to San Diego researcher, assistant professor Jennifer Vanos at UCSD, this “obvious problem” should be avoided – and yet, babies, toddlers, young children, and family pets, are dying at an alarming rate across the United States. SLOW & AGONIZING DEATHS. And what is most disturbing, is that these deaths are not only slow and The Paper - 760.747.7119
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horribly agonizing for the victims – but, the shameful fact is that these terrifying, final moments of life -are nothing new.
Children and family pet fatalities in hot cars have a long and tragic timeline in America.
And San Diego County is no exception.
ESCONDIDO, DATELINE: CALIFORNIA. Sadly, in San Diego County, these horrific deaths of both children and family pets left
in hot, parked cars is nothing new.
As far back as 30 August 2009, an Escondido resident walking through the parking lot of the Northgate Market, located at 606 North Escondido Blvd., noticed the anguished sounds of an innocent baby, crying loudly, and without cessation. Following the sound of an infant wailing in pain, the passerby saw a one-year-old baby locked inside a parked Honda Accord, with all the car windows rolled completely up.
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Even though it was after 6 p.m., the summer temperature outside was a sweltering 96-degrees!
The heat inside the car was estimated by authorities to have been unimaginable, especially for a child barely born into the world.
The tiny baby was pitifully and mercilessly crying, nonstop, and the passerby saw the infant covered in sweat and in great distress! Panic-struck, the good Samaritan instantly ran to notify the Northgate