I started reading an article yesterday and had to stop because it’s so horrible. They should have been able to find him in time.
That's the real issue here. When I read that this poor boy was pleading for help and the police only searched, from an article I saw, two of the SEVEN parking lots and then just gave up, I just started shaking. I cannot even begin to fathom the suffering he endured or the pain his family is now facing. Knowing that something could have been done, but wasn't? I'm sick over it and I'm just a stranger miles and miles away.
I'm not understanding how a back seat can flip over and trap someone like that, compressing his chest.
That is what alarmed me, thinking of all the kids who are in these vans. (And not just the Hondas. Mine were too.)Horrible. My kids and their friends have leaned over the third row and climbed back and forth countless times in our Odyssey’s.
I read the dispatcher has been placed on administrative leave, as has one of the police officers.That's the real issue here. When I read that this poor boy was pleading for help and the police only searched, from an article I saw, two of the SEVEN parking lots and then just gave up, I just started shaking. I cannot even begin to fathom the suffering he endured or the pain his family is now facing. Knowing that something could have been done, but wasn't? I'm sick over it and I'm just a stranger miles and miles away.
ETA: An updated article I just read says that in his second call he said that he was in a "gold Honda Odyssey van," but the operator never responds. They don't know yet if the operator heard him or not, but that info was never passed along to police.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/12/us/ohio-teen-pinned-minivan-trnd/index.html
I hadn't read about the mobility issues. That might help explain why he couldn't get out.I used to have a 2002 Honda Odyssey. It was a split third row bench seat. I can only guess that he must have accidentally pulled the release lever when he leaned back into the cargo well for tennis balls. Maybe only one of the seats were in the upright position and it flipped over with his weight pressed on it after accidentally pulling the release lever.
Just heartbreaking. I just read that he had some physical mobility issues, so maybe that prevented him from getting himself out from under the seat.
I currently have a 2014 Honda Odyssey and it still has the split bench seat for the third row with the same release system to fold the seats flat into the cargo well. This had to have been just a freak accident.
Did they play the whole thing, including the boy's voice? Before, they said they wouldn't play his voice out of respect for his family. Ugh. I feel so bad for them.The 911 call just played on the news feed playing in the background while doing chores . I am sitting here bawling .I cannot believe this happened .
Yes, it was the actual call. Absolutely horrific .Did they play the whole thing, including the boy's voice? Before, they said they wouldn't play his voice out of respect for his family. Ugh. I feel so bad for them.
Ugh. I just heard it on the CBS Evening News.Yes, it was the actual call. Absolutely horrific .
WARNING PLEASE THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE PLAYING
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/new...d-by-minivan-seat-called-911-twice/vi-AAvPj94
Idk.Why do they have to play the 911 call? Just because it is public doesn't mean it has to be broadcasted. I really think that is a horrible thing to do to his family. Shame on them for doing it, you know it is just to keep people watching/listening to their news channel.