DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two elderly women are recovering from heat stroke and heat exhaustion after locking themselves in a hot car.
Officials say the women were in a Cadillac at a Daytona Beach mall. Their battery apparently died and the automatic locks failed, and authorities say the women didn’t know they could unlock the doors manually.
The women were trapped for nearly two hours before a passerby spotted a plea for help they wrote on the back of a tissue box.
Authorities smashed a window to get the ladies out.
ok, as far as I’m concerned, Darwin would agree, if you can’t get out of a car by opening the doors in a parking lot, you deserve to die in it. PATHETIC
In this point and click generation I can’t be bothered to know how to unlock my doors manually. Technology has taken care of all of my modern day problems for me. And if technology finds it necessary to try to cook me in my Caddy…so be it.
My mom had almost the exact same thing happen to her…
Dad got out of the car, locked the doors and walked away, mom hadn’t opened the door yet.
Mom panics, hilarity ensues, including an awesome voicemail to my aunt.
Non-stop ribbing for the next few days… :biglaugh:
