Police Officer Rescues Baby Locked Inside Sweltering Car

[Anthony]

Police responded to a call after a good Samaritan reported to 911 that they saw an unresponsive baby inside a car.
Officer Joshua Funck was first to arrive at the scene. Not wasting anytime, he used an instrument to open the car door.
He immediately took the 5-week old baby out of the car. He reported the baby was unconscious and sweating heavily at the time.
The baby was rushed to a local hospital. According to a hospital spoke person the baby has made a full recovery and is doing just fine.
The temperatures outside on the day of the incident was around 90 degrees. According to officials inside the vehicle could have been over 130 degrees. At that temperature it is most likely deadly for anybody, let alone an infant.
"With all the media attention on this type of issue, it's mindboggling to me that someone can leave, better yet, forget, about a child inside of a vehicle," Slidell Police Chief Randy Smith said.
Gloria Elzy, 44, of Slidell, Louisiana told authorities she had just dropped off her other kid and forgot the infant was in the back seat. The age of Gloria’s older child has not been released.
The suspect is in custody on a charge of second-degree cruelty to juveniles. She also has a warrant for failure to appear for an unrelated case.
“If the citizen wouldn’t have immediately called Slidell Police, and Officer Funck didn’t act quickly, the baby would not have survived. They are both heroes in my book.†Smith said.

 

[Muthoni]

This is a great example of community policing for the good of all the citizens. It is a great achievement when the police work together with the community to ensure better living stands for all. This is one very lucky baby who was given another chance at life. It is unfortunate that the mother has a related issue on her record. She did not learn from her previous mistake.

 

[Jokester050288]

I think that was a smart thing to do to call the police immediately instead of trying to find the mother. I say that because that person my have not even known who the mother was and could have been searching for hours. Luckily the police response them was quick on their feet and saved the baby's life.

 

[Gelsemium]

What's going on with parents to leave babies inside their cars, how can these things happen? Good job from the police no question.

 

[Riggy]

I honestly believe it should now be a criminal offence to leave your child in the car regardless of the weather. It's extraordinarily unsafe! Not only do you not know what your child may do but who knows if you forgot to lock the car and someone could kidnap your child? This activity needs to stop!