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New York’s Bravest saves Queens boy
4-year-old was trapped in a hot parked car in College Point, child’s dad arrested
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
A firefighter’s fast actions helped
save a young boy last week who was
locked inside a sweltering car parked
in College Point as his father was
allegedly buying drugs.
According to the FDNY, at around
5:30 p.m. on Aug. 8, several people
alerted firefighter Matthew Clinton
about a 4-year-old boy locked inside of
a hot car parked outside of a Target,
near 136-03 20th Ave.
After dispatching EMS and the
NYPD to the location, Clinton borrowed
a hammer from a nearby person and
broke the driver’s side window of
the car.
“The kid was screaming that it was
hot. You could see sweat on his face,”
said Clinton in a post on the FDNY
Facebook page. “I told him that I’m a
Firefighter. Dispatch was called, and
I asked someone in the crowd to get
me something to break the window
with. I broke the driver’s side window
and unlocked the doors. We got the
kid out, and within a couple minutes
NYPD showed up.”
The 109th Precinct and EMS arrived
on scene shortly after receiving the
call. EMS took the child, who was
covered with sweat, to Flushing
Photos via Facebook/FDNY
Hospital in stable condition.
The boy’s father, 42-year-old
Jeremie Ram of New Rochelle,
returned to the car afterwards, where
he was found to be in possession
of several Xanax pills. Police took
him into custody and charged
him with criminal possession of
a controlled substance, acting in
a manner injurious to a child and
reckless endangerment.
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