Monsey, NY – A man believed to have left his 2-year-old daughter inside a parked car for two hours during Friday’s record-breaking heat is facing misdemeanor endangerment charges.
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The girl was taken to Nyack Hospital about 2 p.m. after one of her parents called Hatzolah Ambulance to report the girl had been left in the vehicle as it was parked in their driveway, police said. The toddler was not seriously harmed during the incident.
Police believe the windows to the car had been cracked open, they said the alleged actions appear to have been inadvertent .
“He had been running errands, got back to the house and forgot that he had left his daughter in the car.”
He was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree reckless endangerment, misdemeanors. He was released without bail.
The girl was later released from Nyack Hospital to the custody of her parents. Investigation into the case remains ongoing.
“He had been running errands, got back to the house and forgot that he had left his daughter in the car.”
I would not forget my dog
how could he forget he kid
Obviously the dad feels bad enough for his stupid and dangeris mistake, and he prob won’t do it again, why arrest him, charge him, and potential jail??
We had a similiar case down in the Virginia area where a mom (who is a vet) left her daughter in the car all day outside of their day care center and tragically, the child died. She has been indicted on negligent homicide which is meant to deter other parents from such behavior.
Let’s not make up further stories…and not blame anyone!!!
Wonderful parenting skills
Forgot his kid??????
#2 ….”he prob wont do it again”
are you kidding me?
b”h this time the child survived. so because the child did not die the father should just get a slap on the wrist ?
what if??????????
Gut vuch everybody!!!
At first I wanted to blame the father of this girl and lash him out,but then I thought to myself that you can judge a person until you’re in his situation, I would never make such a mistake , but you never know we’re all human beings, and human beings make mistakes.
It “can” happen to all of us. But you shouldn’t “let” it happen. I’m sure he had a lot of other stressful things on his mind, but Please, forgetting a child in a car in any kind of weather is not normal.
I feel very sorry for the family, but didn’t they realize that the child was missing for two hours??? I am glad the child is alive thank hashem for his nissim on such a hot day. I hope all works out well for them.
Hey guys, chill. The father was charged with a misdemeaner only. That is not a felony, and usually means that he will stand in front of a judge who will make sure that this was unintentional and will never happen again. Depending on the proclivity of the judge he will be fined, jailed, or put on probation. Any of you have a better idea how to take care of such a “mistake”?
Unfortunately children have been left in the car on many occasions. Thankfully the child survived, unfortunately some don’t. The mishpacha wrote an article last week which gave me food for thoughts. Ten helpful tips, things to remember one thing was inorder not to forget a child in the car leave ur purse
the back. Excellent tip. But we need a solution for dads. So instead of posting nasty comments come up with a smart solution for dads.
The article says the car was parked in front of the house. Where did the father think his 2 year old was for 2 hours? Kids that age are noisy and get into everything. Other adults who did this throughout the country went to jail. Why was the father released with no bail? Will he be watched so this doesn’t happen again?
I hate these stories. There is nothing responsible about such behavior. Change how you do it. Get a sitter. Do the errands when someone else can watch the children.
When I became a mother I’d sometimes have bad dreams like that. “Omyg-d, I forgot the baby!” Those were dreams.
You-do-not-forget-the-baby. Do you forget your phone? Your wallet? Your name?
You may *want* to forget the baby. That’s a different thing. But as grownups we must override that.
I invite this dad — all dads — to take a parenting class. Kids are so precious.
Not every story needs a million comments!! Keep it all by yourselvs and let’s hope n pray for the best! Two cents let aside…
Do not judge others until you’re in their shoes. I once rushed to buy gas on the way to pick up medicine for my wife who was very ill at the time. It was only later when I saw that I had a certain amount of money in wallet that I realized that in my preoccupation with my wife’s condition I had never paid for the gas. I went back, apologized, and paid, but people do make mistakes and until you know what was going on in his life you cannot judge him intentionally negligent. B”H the child is fine. I’m sure it will never happen again.
I’m sorry to say but to leave a purse as a reminder to take a child??? Come on. is ur purse more valuable then ur child? I’ll put my child to remember my purse…
This happens more often than is reported in the news. One of the tricks I’ve seen parents use is the aforementioned purse trick, and for fathers, a key chain or clip put onto the belt that jangled really loudly when ever they got out of the car. It would only be taken off when the child was retrieved, and put on when the child was placed in the back.
It’s not always the parent being irresponsible.. I’m sure everyone here has been dangerously tired, as parents often are, and forgotten to do something (say..blown past your exit on the way home, or forgot dinner in the stove, or kept on reading/sleeping.thinking while on the bus or subway and missed your stop hours ago…) or just stopped thinking the second you got home. Unfortunately, even though it usually happens with the now spoiled milk and yogurt, it can just as easily happen with a slumbering infant or toddler, ESPECIALLY if having that child with them is a break in the parent’s normal routine and thus they didn’t automatically go into the backseat.
I’m not excusing this behavior…just explaining it.
Thank god I don’t live in monsey the kids there are so free in there own driveway or yard that its so normal not to see a child for two hours in front of the eyes, so I can really see it happen oin monsey. The man arrived in the driveway thought the kid left the car and is out to play,and after 2 hours thought it was enough time to play out door look for the child and found her in the car, (my oun imagination but I’m basing it on how I see the monsey lifestyle)
Really it’s pathetic and frightening. If you start forgetting your kids in a car on a scorching hot summer day, it’s nature’s way of telling you that you made way too many kids to be taking care of them all with great care. Americans take care of their house pets with greater concern and care than this father. Naturally you don’t forget a precious child in a car especially during a blizzard or a heat wave. I’m sure this dad wouldn’t forget his Tefillin or Gemora in the car like he did his child. You could forget for 15 minutes but not 2 hours. What if that kid went missing or got injured at home, does this mean the dad does not check on his children for 2 hours straight?
All this does is make you think twice when calling hatzalah in this case
Anyone who needs a reminder that he has a kid in the car should not be having kids.
Its a matter of doing something you’re not use to. It happened a few years ago in Lakewood where a father left his kid while going to kollel. I’m sure it was out of his norm to take the kid to school.
Maybe moms should keep in mind to remind their husbands about the kids to make sure he didn’t left them in the car.
Baruch HaShem the child survived! it was incredibly hot on friday….
when a father is doing errands and is not usually watching the child…..i can see how he might possibly forget…..its terrible! we are only human…..i once saw on this website a commenter had a link to a store that sold a device attached to the car seat and keys to alarm the parents….if anyone has that info, please post it as i would likt to purchase it…..i pray this never happens to any child……
Several years ago I saw a frum fellow getting arrested in the Village of Woodridge NY for leaving his child alone for a few minutes. I don’t know what the outcome of his arrest was but I’m sure the embarrassment of being walked thru a crowed street on a Sunday in handcuffs will be enough to make this person or any person who saw what was happening never do this again. The law does not and should not take kindly to these foolish mistakes.
I married later than most, in my 30’s. When I went out the first time with my daughter and no other person a fear took over me and I realized that this is serious. I actually thought of every step, taking her out of the car carefully and not forgetting. This responsibility, I joke, is part of the bracha Shelo Osani Isha.
While we all make mistakes and forget things this is inexcusable. Both the Mother and Father should be evaluated to see if it is safe for them to care for their kids.
Somehow, after running all of his errands, he forgot the child in the car. I will just bet that he DID remember to take the ice cream and other frozen foods into the house and put them in the freezer.
May I make 2 comments:
1. the child may well have fallen asleep, father figures he’ll bring in the shopping then bring child in but as child was asleep and quiet, and he was round the back of the car he forgot, men are not accustomed to multi tasking, and here he would have had to be thinking of two things at once which is mentally beyond him….
2. There are the spiral extendable key rings – attach one end to your belt and one end to the childs car seat belt – you can’t get out unless you take that child out first!
I live in Monsey not very far from the above family. When I initially read the story, my gut reaction was like others, how in the world can parents forget a child? No matter what!
We should never pre-judge.
After finding out who the family is, I can tell you, you will NEVER find more loving and dedicated parents then they are.
Their kids are bubbly and always the happiest kids around, they’r always spic-n-span and well taken care of!
While I don’t know all the details, as no one here knows, I understand that the child is normally in day care those 2 hours, only when the child didn’t come home, and they called the day care to check up, they were told that the child never arrived, then they realized that they had some transportation mishap.
There were other kids too going, and while I don’t know exactly how this kid got left behind, I can tell you that they are the most responsible and loving parents you will ever find, if an unfurtunate mistake can happen to them, believe me it could happen to anybody!
My heart goes out for them, mistakes can happen to anyone, there is not an iota of carelessnes or negligence to them, but they are still human, and mistakes can happen.
Knowing who they are, I realized you should never pre-judge and be dan lechaf zechus! If you would know them you would realize how unfair some of the criticizm above is.
I pray for them they should get over this horrible ordeal fast, without any additional problems, and continue to raise their beautifull and lovely family in peace and happiness!