Hour-long rescue of 3 year old stuck in locked car in East Pattaya

PATTAYA:--On Monday rescue services were called to Soi Neun Plub Wan in East Pattaya to assist a Mother and Father who left their 3 year old child in their car for less than a minute. The Child decided to lock the doors from the inside and the car key was left inside the car.

Rescuers arrived and first were able to pull down the front passenger side window to ensure the child would not suffocate.

Full story:http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/76428/hour-long-rescue-3-year-stuck-locked-car-east-pattaya/

-- Pattaya One 2013-02-26

Seriously? Never once did it occur to rescuers that MAYBE they should try to BREAK OPEN THE WINDOW?

As a parent - I'd probably think the cost of replacing a window is worth the life of my child.

Stupid is as stupid does. Leaving the 3 year old in the car unattended.

"Do you want the ice-cream? Wind down the window then and we'll pass it through". Haven't these people had children?

LoL

Edited February 26, 201313 yr by Rionoir

"Do you want the ice-cream? Wind down the window then and we'll pass it through". Haven't these people had children?

Have, but they also have a car with electric powered windows!

Don't they have a set of keys eack including the remote or was THAT locked in the car as well?

Come back Darwin, all is forgiven.

smash the window 5 seconds and you are in any thai komoi knows that

Now we truely know that life is cheap in Thailand; when you have to weigh the cost of life , to the cost of a car window......

Seriously? Never once did it occur to rescuers that MAYBE they should try to BREAK OPEN THE WINDOW?

As a parent - I'd probably think the cost of replacing a window is worth the life of my child.

Exactly, I have actually done that, smashed the front side window and then charged the parents with leaving a child unattended in a vehicle. In Melbourne it is ilegal to leave a young child in a vehicle because there have been to many deaths from heat related ilnesses.

Edited February 26, 201313 yr by chooka

Ahh Ive just checked the picture again and I see there was no need to worry. There is a Buddha statue on the dashboard, Safe all along.

How stupid are we....

"Do you want the ice-cream? Wind down the window then and we'll pass it through". Haven't these people had children?

Have, but they also have a car with electric powered windows!

My 16 month old girl knows how to turn a key in a lock and operate electric windows.

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In fact if I left my daughter in the car with the keys that would be her first port of call!

Edited February 26, 201313 yr by draftvader

...she seems to be enjoying the attention...

Rescuers arrived and first were able to pull down the front passenger side window to ensure the child would not suffocate.

Suffocate in a car.

Bright kid though, locking the doors to keep kidnappers at bay.

Edited February 26, 201313 yr by Semper

Probably safer locked in the car. This is Pattaya.

Rescuers arrived and first were able to pull down the front passenger side window to ensure the child would not suffocate.

So, how much time then to reach in and open the door?

These things scare me so much, i have a 3 year old and would never leave him in the car even for a second.

Have just read another article about a 3 year old who was left in the school van ALL DAY!!! How this can happen is beyond my comprehension...pure negligence and stupidity by the school/van driver. She had been fighting for her life for the past 14 days or so but sadly died yesterday.

Forgive them Lord for they not know what they do.....

This sounds like a story that was here about a month ago, could it just be a re-run? Anyway, that is BS, that they just left the child in the car for a minute. Why would they even lock the car, if it was just for a minute, and why didnt one of the parents stay with the child? Same story from everyone that leaves a child in a car, "only for a minute". Dont they know how hot it can get in a car? Sure, there is enough air in the car, thats not the problem, its the HEAT. Key left inside the car! Must be idiots or worse.

Thais further enhancing their reputation as thinkers.