“It was a hot, 99-degree August day in San Antonio when a 10-month-old baby girl was accidentally locked in a parked car by her aunt. Frantically the mother and aunt ran around the auto in near hysteria, while a neighbor attempted to unlock the car with a clothes hanger. The infant was bawling at the top of its lungs, beginning to turn purple and foam from the mouth, a combination of anxiety and the intense heat inside the car.
“It had quickly become a life-and-death situation when Fred Arriola, a tow-truck driver, arrived on the scene. He grabbed a hammer from his truck and smashed the back window of the car to free the baby. Was he heralded a hero? Not so. According to an article in the San Antonio Tribune, he is quoted as saying, ‘The lady was mad at me because I broke the window. I just thought, “What’s more important—a baby or a window?”‘” (eSermons.com)
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