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Tow Truck Driver Saves Baby in Back Seat

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(Aug. 27) -- A Florida tow truck driver latched on to more than he expected Tuesday night, as a car parked illegally turned out to have a 13-month-old baby inside.
John Davenport told the St. Petersburg Times that he had just stopped to call his bosses and let them know he had picked up a Nissan Altima from a Tampa apartment complex when he spotted a tiny foot in the vehicle.
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Tow truck driver John Davenport rescued a baby from the back of a Nissan Altima Aug. 25. Davenport picked up the car, parked illegally, at a Tampa, Fla., apartment complex. When he noticed the child inside, he called police and then popped open a car door to give the 13-month-old boy some air, the St. Petersburg Times reported. The baby's father was charged with child neglect.
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The sleeping baby had been strapped into a car seat in back, but the windows were barely cracked, Davenport said.
He called his dispatcher, then police. He forced a door open to give the child air before help came.
"You just don't leave a child in a car for a second," Davenport, 31, told the newspaper. "You just don't do that."
Police found the child's father, Edward Lee Riley, 34, early Wednesday morning and charged him with child neglect. Riley posted bail and was released.
Read the full story at Tampabay.com.
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CJCNKC

06:29 PMAug 27 2009

Where was the Mother? if they can't pay their bills, maybe they should give the child up, Obviously they forgot about it!!

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BIG DOGG 1736

06:28 PMAug 27 2009

The other thing to consider is...tow trucks don't just come out after being parked for 5 minutes...how long was the baby there? Also, how is the Mom--who probably had no idea he was there going to react? Thankfully, the innocent baby was spotted by the tow truck driver...Make an example out of the so-called Dad

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BIG DOGG 1736

06:23 PMAug 27 2009

We can all say this guy was black or white the simple fact is this happens far too much especially in Florida...when is someone going to hold the idiots that do this accountable--before another child dies? We can make all the "jokes" about what he could've been doing--the one thing he wasn't doing was being a "Father"...

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Burdetteangels3

06:20 PMAug 27 2009

There was a case here some years ago a baby was left in a cars seat on a morning that turned into a very hot day, well the baby was basically broiled a woman that found it couldn't (after trying) give the poor kid mouth to mouth to save it, the kid was like on fire from the heat. The parents claimed that they were tired when they got home and forgot to bring the kid in. They did go to jail but would have got more time had they held up a bank. Stupid people! should have been hung by the neck till dead, if you ask me.

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RS GREYFOX 1

06:17 PMAug 27 2009

DOES ANYONE READ THE STORY ANYMORE.THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER WAS THERE BECAUSE THE CAR WAS ILLEGALLY PARKED. WILL YOU MORONS STOP BLAMING THE TRUCK DRIVER.HE SAVIED THE KIDS LIFE.

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Scp024

06:14 PMAug 27 2009

Edward Lee Riley sounds anything but white.

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RhonVW

06:05 PMAug 27 2009

IDIOT <- poor excuse for a father. Remove the child from his custody. Once and IDIOT always an IDIOT!

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RS GREYFOX 1

06:04 PMAug 27 2009

ASSDICK3221....5:42 pmThe father's name is Edward Lee Riley....sound pretty white to me. Seeing as how the only thing about this article that is important to you is the father's e color, I must inform you....your screen name sure does fit you.

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Konigtranslator

05:56 PMAug 27 2009

Well, I went to te post office, and the mom left the car running, with the air on, and a baby in the baby seat seleeping. Anybody could have driven off with the car and the baby. I stayed in my car waiting until a lady left the post office about 5 minutes after I arrived, hopped in the car looked at the baby and drove off. Some people just do not think...

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Raguy091600

05:54 PMAug 27 2009

scenarios....sorry for my typo.

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A tow truck driver latched on to more than he expected Tuesday night, as a car parked illegally turned out to have a 13-month-old baby inside.