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  • KC agencies reach out to parents to help them keep kids out of hot cars

    If the Kansas City area campaign against kids being left in hot cars had a tipping point, maybe it occurred Monday night.

  • Pastor speaks on ten-year anniversary of daughter's hot car death

    It was ten years ago this week that a 3-year-old girl died after being accidentally left in a hot car for several hours at a Mechanicsville church. Her father, a former church pastor, is speaking out for the first time.

  • Woman Forgives Husband Who Left Son in Hot Car

    A Connecticut woman whose 15-month-old son died this month after her husband left him in a car on a hot day said Tuesday he is an amazing father and that she forgives him.

  • New apps aim to prevent child deaths in hot cars

    Thursday is National Heatstroke Prevention Day, which raises awareness about the estimated 40 child deaths each year in hot cars.

  • Kids and Cars

    “The wealthy do it … and the poor, and the middle class. Parents of all ages and ethnicities do it. Mothers are just as likely to do it as fathers … In the last 10 years, it has happened to a dentist. A postal clerk. A social worker. A police officer. An accountant. A soldier. A paralegal. An electrician. A Protestant clergyman. A rabbinical student. A nurse. A construction worker. An assistant principal … It happened to a rocket scientist …”

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