Saddest story of the year

Did you all read Gene Weingarten on parents who accidentally killed their children by leaving them in their cars?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022701549.html?nav=most_emailed

It's excruciating. Man. To make yourself do 15 of these interviews...

 

Wow, Gene Weingarten is one hell of a writer.

 

Riveting.

and as a parent of two young children, it hits home even more.

 

It's an interesting story - he didn't get too deep into the pathos and sadness that linger over the story, but actually seemed interested in finding out why and how something like that could happen, instead of just pondering the metaphysical.
Surprised someone hasn't come up with something to attach to the car seat, (some kind of trigger) that would go off if it was depressed by the baby's weight and the doors locked.

 

Stunning, haunting piece of work. Up there with some of the best magazine writing I have read.

 

This scares me to death.

Lil 93 tends to fall asleep in the car as well...

I am guessing something could be triggered with the snaps, but God, this terrifies me.

 

That ending absolutely slayed me.

 

From my years of being a nanny, I still don't get out of my car without looking at the back seat first. Back when I was a nanny, I was constantly checking the back seat while driving (to make sure everyone was in the car, breathing, etc.), even when the kids were not with me. It may seem like a paranoid habit, but if it saves a life, it's worth it.

 

Me too. That is, by far, the best story I wish I had never read.

 

just finished the piece. extraordinary. can't wait for the follow-up.

 

I just can't imagine doing those interviews.