Posted • July 1, 2024: Bystanders rescue three children from a hot car in San Antonio after their mother left them to go shopping.
On Friday around 2pm, a passerby found a one-month-old, two-year-old, and four-year-old trapped inside a turned-off car and rescued them in San Antonio, Texas.
The mother, Angela Garza-Amador, parked the car in a shopping center with outside temperatures reaching the high 90s.
Police estimated the children were inside the hot car for about 50 minutes.
The children were taken to the hospital and are expected to make full recoveries, though their current conditions are unclear.
Garza-Amador was arrested on three counts of child endangerment.