Policeman smashed a window to save a toddler from a hot car

[Jazzy]

An officer had to smash through a car window to save a sweat-soaked toddler from a red hot car.

A Bergen County Sheriff officer rescued the little boy, who was locked inside a minivan parked at New Jersey Costco.

Hero cop Richard Carrion said: ‘Before I even approached the vehicle, I could hear the child screaming and crying.’

He used a baton to smash the rear window so he could rescue the child from the sweltering vehicle.

‘Knowing the severity of the temperature outside, you can only imagine what it was like inside,’ Carrion added.

In footage of the incident (above), the kid’s screaming can be heard from a crowd gathering outside.

A man can be heard saying: ‘Don’t cry, we’re gonna get you out.’

The distressed boy is carried from the car by Officer Sonya Vekier, who said: ‘He’s soaking wet.’

The boy’s mum returns to her vehicle about a minute later and apologies.

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God, how many stories have I read about either small kids, or animals, being left in baking hot temperatures in cars this summer! Are people really so thick, or do they just simply not care enough?!

Your thoughts?

 

[Smiley]

Are people really so thick, or do they just simply not care enough?!

I'd say a bit of both. Or rather a lot of both.

 

[Jazzy]

They need to start either arresting these idiots or start issuing hefty fines. This little boy could have freakin' died in that car if he had not started screaming. Does it take for a child to die before they'll do anything?

 

[Smiley]

That's how things work in my country when it comes to human lives. The police won't even lift a finger until someone ends up dead, be it a baby or an adult. Sometimes not even then.

 

[Jazzy]

That's how things work in my country when it comes to human lives. The police won't even lift a finger until someone ends up dead, be it a baby or an adult. Sometimes not even then.

That's horrible. Do you have a high crime rate in your country?

 

[Smiley]

Not really. Not compared to US anyway, although that's probably an unfair comparison, considering the vast size difference.

 

[DrLeftover]

I guess everybody needs to post more of these things:

 

[Webster]

They need to start either arresting these idiots or start issuing hefty fines. This little boy could have freakin' died in that car if he had not started screaming. Does it take for a child to die before they'll do anything?

Mike Gallagher said it best on his radio show this past week...."Any parent who would leave their child in a locked, hot chair should forever forfeit their right to care for that child."

Do that enough times and maybe - maybe - people might start getting the message.