It is astonishing to those of us who have common sense to learn that some parents consider certain behaviors to be acceptable.

A baby didn’t have to wait long before it was too uncomfortable to wait in the vehicle when its mother left it there while she went shopping. The mother had left her child in the car on a day when the temperature was high.

The screams of the newborn alerted Steve Eckel, a former sergeant, that he needed to take things into his own hands. Thankfully, he heard the baby’s cries.

A former Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office sergeant, Steve, was in a Howell Township parking lot when he heard the baby wailing. Howell Township is located in Middlesex County.


Because the infant, who was only four months old at the time, was crying so loudly, he realized he needed to take immediate action.

It was a hot day, and Steve speculated that the temperature must have eventually reached an intolerable peak.

According to CBS New York, Steve told them that the temperature was well over 120 degrees and to “just think about what might have occurred.”

The man, wearing flip-flops at the time, returned to his vehicle, where he remembered that he had a sledgehammer, and he used it to break a glass to liberate the crying infant.

He said to CBS New York that she was “sweating, weeping, and her eyes were rolling back.”


The newborn was completely drenched in perspiration, but happily, it was still alive.

“I felt pretty emotional at that moment, and I was on the verge of crying,” Steve said. “I nearly began to weep.”

After around forty minutes, the mother returned to her vehicle and was astonished to discover that her window had been shattered and that her baby had been taken.

The woman who was caring for the infant was taken into the custody of her father after the mother was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and arrested.

Steve added, “I believe in guardian angels, and I think I’m the one for this kid.” “I believe that I am the one for this child.”