
Distressing moment whimpering toddler siblings are rescued from roasting 117f car by hero deputies
The Cobb County Police Department recently released distressing video of the June 4 incident in the parking lot of the Cumberland Mall in Atlanta.
Deputies rushed to the scene when a concerned shopper said she noticed two sobbing children, aged one and two years old, in the backseat of an unattended car on the day that saw temperatures as high as 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
The windows were slightly open, she told the 911 operator, but it made no difference - as the car's internal temperature had reached 117 degrees.
'I am standing outside the Dick's at Cumberland Mall and there are two children in a car by themselves - small kids crying,' she said. 'The windows are cracked, but I don't think that's right.'
One of the toddlers was heard whimpering in the background of the nerve-wracking phone recording, which was shared by the police department.
Their father, J'Quawn Dixon, had allegedly gone into the mall at 12:24pm, a security guard told police. By the time officers were notified and arrived at the parked car, it was 1:03pm.
The cops said they were greeted by three bystanders gathered around the turned-off car, keeping an eye on the boy and girl while their parent was nowhere to be found, according to the video.
Swiftly acting, an officer busted the front window to reach in and unlock the doors to safely get to the terrified and confused siblings.
'Hey buddy,' one of the cops calmly said to the little boy as he unbuckled the child, who's crying seemed to subside. 'It's okay.'
He also noted the child felt very warm from sitting in the stifling heat.
The police were seen carrying both kids as EMS arrived to take them to the hospital for evaluations.
When Dixon returned, he was immediately handcuffed and arrested. He was booked into the Cobb County Adult Detention Center and charged with two counts of second-degree cruelty to his small children.
He is no longer in custody, according to inmate records.
The bodycam footage documenting the events that led to Dixon's arrest was released just weeks after California police had to save a child from similar circumstances.
The Corona Police department was called on June 17 amid reports of a baby alone in a car with 'the engine off and windows up.'
'When officers arrived on scene, they observed the baby in distress, and breached a window to extricate him,' they said.
The footage shows the two officers rushing to the car and not hesitating once they realized the baby was inside.
One officer peered inside the front windscreen and returned a moment later with a metal crowbar used to shatter the front driver's side window.
The car was then unlocked from the inside and the second officer immediately pulled the tiny baby out of the back seat.
A thermometer reading of the car revealed the internal temperature had reached 110 degrees.
It is unclear how long the baby was trapped in the car and officers also did not provide any further details about the child's parents.
Roughly 37 American children die from being trapped or left to roast in hot cars each year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
More than half of all hot car deaths are the result of someone forgot their child in the vehicle.
About 47 percent of people who forget their kids in the backseat meant to drop them off at school or daycare, NHTSA reported.
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