Child almost dies outside of Pirates due to SG parents.
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:00 am
From the Orlando Sentinel:
Two parents were arrested on child abuse counts after authorities found their child in a hot stroller outside Walt Disney World's Pirates of the Caribbean ride, according to an Orange County sheriff's report released Monday.
A Magic Kingdom patron alerted park management at about 4:45 p.m. Saturday after spotting an unattended 3-year-old girl in a stroller parked in the sun
The girl was hot, turning red, covered in sweat and apparently “lifeless,” the report states. A paramedic touched and shook her, but she failed to respond. Saturday's highs were in the low 90s with no rain, and deputies estimate the child was in the sun for between 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Paramedics revived the girl by taking her indoors and giving her water. Deputies said the heat may have become deadly.
“[A paramedic] advised that if medical intervention had not been administered the female child was nearing signs of heat exhaustion with unknown results up to and including death,” the report states.
Parents Juan Carlos and Danette Rodriguez, 35 and 32, approached park workers seeking the girl about 50 minutes later. The couple said the girl was asleep inside a double stroller and got lost in the shuffle as their group of two adults and four children approached the ride, they told investigators.
When they entered the attraction, Juan Carlos thought Danette had their daughter, while Danette thought Juan Carlos had her. Shortly after, Juan Carlos went back outside to move the stroller to a designated area, but failed to see the little girl, he told deputies.
The parents only realized their daughter was missing when they exited the ride.
Juan Carlos and Danette were arrested on one count each of child abuse.
They were released from Orange County Jail Sunday on $2,500 bail each.
Calls to the parents' house were not returned.
The children were turned over to relatives members while the Department of Children and Families investigates.
I'm thankful the child is okay and I hope the parent's have the book thrown at them hard. Their story does not add up, no way a three year old gets "lost in the shuffle" like that. I'm thinking they were idiots who instead of using Child Swap decided to just leave the kid by herself. Even most SGs realize that the Florida sun can be deadly, especially to small children and older adults, and don't leave their kids in the sun!
Two parents were arrested on child abuse counts after authorities found their child in a hot stroller outside Walt Disney World's Pirates of the Caribbean ride, according to an Orange County sheriff's report released Monday.
A Magic Kingdom patron alerted park management at about 4:45 p.m. Saturday after spotting an unattended 3-year-old girl in a stroller parked in the sun
The girl was hot, turning red, covered in sweat and apparently “lifeless,” the report states. A paramedic touched and shook her, but she failed to respond. Saturday's highs were in the low 90s with no rain, and deputies estimate the child was in the sun for between 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Paramedics revived the girl by taking her indoors and giving her water. Deputies said the heat may have become deadly.
“[A paramedic] advised that if medical intervention had not been administered the female child was nearing signs of heat exhaustion with unknown results up to and including death,” the report states.
Parents Juan Carlos and Danette Rodriguez, 35 and 32, approached park workers seeking the girl about 50 minutes later. The couple said the girl was asleep inside a double stroller and got lost in the shuffle as their group of two adults and four children approached the ride, they told investigators.
When they entered the attraction, Juan Carlos thought Danette had their daughter, while Danette thought Juan Carlos had her. Shortly after, Juan Carlos went back outside to move the stroller to a designated area, but failed to see the little girl, he told deputies.
The parents only realized their daughter was missing when they exited the ride.
Juan Carlos and Danette were arrested on one count each of child abuse.
They were released from Orange County Jail Sunday on $2,500 bail each.
Calls to the parents' house were not returned.
The children were turned over to relatives members while the Department of Children and Families investigates.
I'm thankful the child is okay and I hope the parent's have the book thrown at them hard. Their story does not add up, no way a three year old gets "lost in the shuffle" like that. I'm thinking they were idiots who instead of using Child Swap decided to just leave the kid by herself. Even most SGs realize that the Florida sun can be deadly, especially to small children and older adults, and don't leave their kids in the sun!
Reunite & keep families together until the child is brutally harmed or killed - then Ca. asks why? What was overlooked? How could this have been prevented? Keeping a family together is OFTEN the actual problem. :mad: This is a very sad thread of park reality!
:rollpin: 
Again another case of taking no brains to create a baby, but it taking alot of knowledge to actually be a parent to the child and that is where many people are sadly lacking. And how about just having a little heart for the little human being that depends on you! They like makin' whoopee, but they are totally unprepared for the consequences and in a lot of cases don't want the consequences! :( These children MUST be protected from their parent's ignorance