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Three-year-old Sholom Tauber died on Monday, July 11, after being left in a hot car outside the Lubavitch Educational Center on Northwest Seventh Avenue in Miami Gardens, Florida. Sholom's father, Rabbi Menachem Tauber, had gone inside to begin his work day, accidentally leaving the little boy in the locked car for 8 hours. At approximately 3:00 p.m., Tauber rushed to his vehicle after a staff member mentioned he hadn't seen Sholom all day. Paramedics performed CPR on the unresponsive child, and he was pronounced deceased at North Jackson Medical Center. Medical Examiners listed the cause of death as hyperthermia and heat exhaustion, ruling it accidental.
I read another in another source that Sholom had arrived with his father to attend a children's camp at the Center, but I am no longer able to find that article.
Sad. But as a father, I just don't get it. I once held two jobs while attending engineering school, with two little ones at home, and never once did I "forget" my kids in the back seat of the car. Color me weird I guess, but I just don't get it.
Sad. But as a father, I just don't get it. I once held two jobs while attending engineering school, with two little ones at home, and never once did I "forget" my kids in the back seat of the car. Color me weird I guess, but I just don't get it.
This guy probably never forgot his kid before, either.
You're not weird. Every time one of these things happens, someone jumps up to assure the world that it is not something that could ever have happened to them. It's a pretty common reaction.
I hate these stories. I also don’t get leaving kids in a car and neither does my husband. Lucky us. There was a story recently where a guy left his kid in a hit car, kid died and dad took his own life. I’d feel the same way I think.
I sometimes let my dog outside and forget. Doesn’t happen often but it happens. I’ll usually remember 25 minutes later when this happens but that’s enough time that he’s left the yard and I have to go look for him. We live on a quiet st surrounded by woods that not many cars come down so there’s not a whole lot of danger for him. Thankfully this is the extent of my forgetfulness with living creatures.
Sad. But as a father, I just don't get it. I once held two jobs while attending engineering school, with two little ones at home, and never once did I "forget" my kids in the back seat of the car. Color me weird I guess, but I just don't get it.
Never forgot either of my kids, nor my grand kids who are 5 and 9 now. I also do not understand how someone can do that.
Every time one of these things happens, someone jumps up to assure the world that it is not something that could ever have happened to them. It's a pretty common reaction.
Yes, Every. Single. Time.
And every single time, they are wrong. Given the exactly right (or wrong) set of circumstances, you too could have accidentally left a child in the car. Just thank God, or your lucky stars, or whatever you believe in, that that never happened and you didn't experience this particular tragedy.
I myself have a child who, as a preschooler, nearly drowned while I was sitting nearby. Thank God, I saw him in time, and he is fine, but it still haunts me. Probably a lot of people would judge me for that, and say it could never have happened to them.
And every single time, they are wrong. Given the exactly right (or wrong) set of circumstances, you too could have accidentally left a child in the car. Just thank God, or your lucky stars, or whatever you believe in, that that never happened and you didn't experience this particular tragedy.
I myself have a child who, as a preschooler, nearly drowned while I was sitting nearby. Thank God, I saw him in time, and he is fine, but it still haunts me. Probably a lot of people would judge me for that, and say it could never have happened to them.
No, kids slip under the water fast and drowning is silent.
But I would imagine that a 3 year old trapped alone in a hot car like that would be making some noise. I'm always shocked that no one ever seems to hear them.
It’s worse when they’re found in a casino parking lot (or its equivalent).
Poor kid. Poor dad.
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