| Baby, toddler locked in car with keys in ignition …parents refuse to break into vehicle as NCN’s Michael Gordon breaks back window and rescues the children |  |  |  |
| Written by Leroy Smith |
| Monday, 03 December 2012 22:57 |
 The two children who were trapped are seen in this photo with their grandfather The incident occurred on Robb Street between Alexander and Bourda Streets in Georgetown. Reports reaching the Guyana Chronicle stated that the children were left for almost 15 minutes in the vehicle. Persons in the busy shopping area got wind of the development after the mother of the children stood outside of the car commenting that her children were locked in the car and she was refusing to break the window to free the children. Their father had gone to make a purchase at the Church’s Fast Food Restaurant at Bourda.  The Vehicle PNN 5642 in which the children were trapped is seen here at the Alberttown Police Station When the Guyana Chronicle arrived on the scene the father of the children explained that they had just come all the way from Parika and decided to stop at the location to make a purchase. He said that throughout the journey from Parika they were driving with the air conditioning of the vehicle up; so when he stopped at Bourda he decided to turn it off because it was extremely cold. He said that he turned the engine of the vehicle off and left the keys in the ignition. He also stated that when he exited the vehicle he left his fiancÉe there with the two children. According to the confused father, it was after his fiancÉe decided to exit the vehicle while he was at the restaurant, that the doors locked automatically, with the children trapped inside and the key in the ignition.  Father of the children and television personality Chris waits for extra keys to arrive while his children remain trapped in the car The man said the vehicle was rented and the owner lived at Cummings Lodge, and he had telephoned him and asked that he bring the duplicate key. However this publication was able to determine that the father of the children lied as it was confirmed that the key was coming not from Cummings Lodge, but from farther up the coast. The Guyana Chronicle was able to confirm that the car is registered and belongs to Aniroon Dass of Lot 81 Block 12 Non Pariel, East Coast of Demerara. According to him the owner of the car assured him that he was going to come to the location with a spare key to open the car. It took the initiative of the Chief Executive officer of the National Communications Network, Michael Gordon, to break the back window of the car and free the children. Gordon was said to have been in the area at the time and observed the unfortunate situation. Had the NCN CEO not broken the glass at the time he did, it is not clear if the children would have been able to survive until the spare key arrived from Non Pariel. The development saw shoppers and vendors in the area summoning the police who arrived on the scene a few minutes after the children were freed. The police immediately took the parents into custody, taking them down to the Alberttown Police Station where they were required to give statements. A police source informed this publication that they will be required to revisit the area where the incident occurred. The police source said that persons will be interviewed in an effort for the police to have enough understanding and evidence of what really occurred on Sunday afternoon.
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