Who was Shalom Tauber? Miami boy, 3, dies after parents FORGET him inside hot car for 8 hours
Shalom Tauber, a three-year-old kid died on Monday, July 11, after being ‘mistakenly’ left in a sweltering car for eight hours outside a Miami preschool where both of his parents work. According to the Miami Herald, Sholom Tauber was one of many kids from the same family who attended the Jewish childcare Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami Gardens.
On Monday, July 11, the outside temperature was in the mid-90s Fahrenheit range, with the highest temperature recorded that day being 103 Fahrenheit according to the heat index. The unconscious youngster was flown by helicopter to Jackson North Medical Center, where doctors declared him dead. According to NBC Miami, the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner determined that Tauber died as a result of hyperthermia and heat exhaustion and recorded the death as accidental.
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Police reportedly spoke with the boy's father, Rabbi Menachem Tauber, to determine whether the occurrence was unintentional, according to Local 10 news. Nehama Tauber also works at the daycare although it remains unclear if she was scheduled to work on Monday, July 11. Authorities think the Rabbi drove into work at the daycare and promptly forgot about his son. Around 3 pm that day, the father hurried to his car after learning that his son hadn't been seen all day by someone at the daycare. However, the child was already believed to be dead.
Miami-Dade medical examiner confirms 3-year-old Shalom Tauber died of hyperthermia. He was found unconscious in a car outside the school where his parents work https://t.co/Gk0EBpPlZh
— Julia Bagg (@JuliaNBC6) July 12, 2022
Rabbi Benzion Korf, the center's dean, said in a brief statement released late Monday, “This tragedy hits close to home, and many in our school community have been affected by it. No words can capture the heartbreak and sadness we feel. Our deepest sympathies are with the family at this time of great loss. We ask the community for their prayers and to respect the family's privacy as they grieve.”
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Meanwhile, the boy's death inquiry is still ongoing. In order to investigate the event, police are also looking into getting a warrant to examine any adjacent security footage or the daycare's CCTV cameras. How many members of the victim's family are still enrolled at the daycare is yet unknown. According to the National Safety Council, Florida has the second-highest rate of hot car-related fatalities in the nation, after Texas. Since 1998, there have been 99 hot car fatalities reported in the Sunshine State, which amounts to slightly more than four, every year on average. According to the National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration, 53 kids died from heatstroke in cars in the years 2018 and 2019, most often because a parent had forgotten about them.