Man trapped in his Corvette dies from heat.
07-28-2015, 12:26 AM
#181
My father and Leia had breakfast that morning at Waffle House, he put his phone on a borrowed charger. I assume one of the employees. Surveillance camera has him getting into car with dog around 11:50, accidentally leaving phone in restaurant. We figure key fob got him into car but assume when he shut the door, the battery cable came loose. Therefore losing all power to vehicle. He only had car 3 weeks, which was a used vehicle yet sold by a Chevrolet dealership. All we know is when he was found over 4 hours later by a friend, he was dead from hyperthermia (as noted in autopsy). Employees of Waffle House told police that dog was left in car, for fear they would get in trouble by health inspector if they knew dog was in restaurant. Sad their lie made my father out to be a bad guy after this wrong report by media. When emergency workers arrived and broke window, they saw foot prints on windshield, wires pulled out in hatch, skin on arm and side of head tearing away from trying to punch window with both and owners manuel out. I'm sure the temp rose to 130 degrees and the panic combined made it all so difficult to figure out about emergency release on page 80 something of an almost 500 page manual. It saddens me of the panic he felt and I feel he was never told about the release. Even took emergency workers an hour of googling to figure out how to get the door open to get his body out, since he couldn't be pulled out of window. My heart hurts so much for his pain, I pray he didn't suffer long.
I think about the day before when came to visit, what if he would have tossed me or my teen children his keys and said take it for a spin. We too would have not known how to get out either. It's just a horrifying thought.
07-28-2015, 12:32 AM
#182
Team Owner
Thank you for defending my father.
My father and Leia had breakfast that morning at Waffle House, he put his phone on a borrowed charger. I assume one of the employees. Surveillance camera has him getting into car with dog around 11:50, accidentally leaving phone in restaurant. We figure key fob got him into car but assume when he shut the door, the battery cable came loose. Therefore losing all power to vehicle. He only had car 3 weeks, which was a used vehicle yet sold by a Chevrolet dealership. All we know is when he was found over 4 hours later by a friend, he was dead from hyperthermia (as noted in autopsy). Employees of Waffle House told police that dog was left in car, for fear they would get in trouble by health inspector if they knew dog was in restaurant. Sad their lie made my father out to be a bad guy after this wrong report by media. When emergency workers arrived and broke window, they saw foot prints on windshield, wires pulled out in hatch, skin on arm and side of head tearing away from trying to punch window with both and owners manuel out. I'm sure the temp rose to 130 degrees and the panic combined made it all so difficult to figure out about emergency release on page 80 something of an almost 500 page manual. It saddens me of the panic he felt and I feel he was never told about the release. Even took emergency workers an hour of googling to figure out how to get the door open to get his body out, since he couldn't be pulled out of window. My heart hurts so much for his pain, I pray he didn't suffer long.
I think about the day before when came to visit, what if he would have tossed me or my teen children his keys and said take it for a spin. We too would have not known how to get out either. It's just a horrifying thought.
My father and Leia had breakfast that morning at Waffle House, he put his phone on a borrowed charger. I assume one of the employees. Surveillance camera has him getting into car with dog around 11:50, accidentally leaving phone in restaurant. We figure key fob got him into car but assume when he shut the door, the battery cable came loose. Therefore losing all power to vehicle. He only had car 3 weeks, which was a used vehicle yet sold by a Chevrolet dealership. All we know is when he was found over 4 hours later by a friend, he was dead from hyperthermia (as noted in autopsy). Employees of Waffle House told police that dog was left in car, for fear they would get in trouble by health inspector if they knew dog was in restaurant. Sad their lie made my father out to be a bad guy after this wrong report by media. When emergency workers arrived and broke window, they saw foot prints on windshield, wires pulled out in hatch, skin on arm and side of head tearing away from trying to punch window with both and owners manuel out. I'm sure the temp rose to 130 degrees and the panic combined made it all so difficult to figure out about emergency release on page 80 something of an almost 500 page manual. It saddens me of the panic he felt and I feel he was never told about the release. Even took emergency workers an hour of googling to figure out how to get the door open to get his body out, since he couldn't be pulled out of window. My heart hurts so much for his pain, I pray he didn't suffer long.
I think about the day before when came to visit, what if he would have tossed me or my teen children his keys and said take it for a spin. We too would have not known how to get out either. It's just a horrifying thought.
07-28-2015, 12:36 AM
#183
Team Owner
if you don't put the window down far enough, when you close the door the window will go ALL the way back up. He may have thought he left the window open enough for ventilation for the pup but just didn't double check after he shut the door.
07-28-2015, 04:11 PM
#184
Burning Brakes
The dog was NEVER left alone in the car.
07-28-2015, 07:24 PM
#186
i am 77, have been working on cars non-professionally for over 65 years, have owned 9 corvettes the newest of which was an 02. until i read this thread, i was not aware that there were any cars in existence in stock condition whose doors you couldn't open with the normal inside door handle if you lost electrical power.
although the lack of that info would not have been a problem for me because i am aware of the ease and speed that the targa top can be removed, there are probably lots of people who are still not aware of either method by which a c6 can be exited in case of electrical power loss.
the info on this thread can save lives. if the thread bothers anyone, they have the option of not reading it. the value of the info here outweighs the irritation that it might cause anyone who has read it many times and already knew it before they first read it here.
there is a high probability that 80 percent or more of the people in the u.s. don't know the info contained here. since inside car door handle latch actuation was mechanical only for about 100 years, it is valuable that this info be spread far and wide to as many people as possible, in my opinion.
although the lack of that info would not have been a problem for me because i am aware of the ease and speed that the targa top can be removed, there are probably lots of people who are still not aware of either method by which a c6 can be exited in case of electrical power loss.
the info on this thread can save lives. if the thread bothers anyone, they have the option of not reading it. the value of the info here outweighs the irritation that it might cause anyone who has read it many times and already knew it before they first read it here.
there is a high probability that 80 percent or more of the people in the u.s. don't know the info contained here. since inside car door handle latch actuation was mechanical only for about 100 years, it is valuable that this info be spread far and wide to as many people as possible, in my opinion.
Last edited by senah; 07-28-2015 at 07:28 PM.
07-28-2015, 07:40 PM
#187
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i am 77, have been working on cars non-professionally for over 65 years, have owned 9 corvettes the newest of which was an 02. until i read this thread, i was not aware that there were any cars in existence in stock condition whose doors you couldn't open with the normal inside door handle if you lost electrical power.
although the lack of that info would not have been a problem for me because i am aware of the ease and speed that the targa top can be removed, there are probably lots of people who are still not aware of either method by which a c6 can be exited in case of electrical power loss.
the info on this thread can save lives. if the thread bothers anyone, they have the option of not reading it. the value of the info here outweighs the irritation that it might cause anyone who has read it many times and already knew it before they first read it here.
there is a high probability that 80 percent or more of the people in the u.s. don't know the info contained here. since inside car door handle latch actuation was mechanical only for about 100 years, it is valuable that this info be spread far and wide to as many people as possible, in my opinion.
although the lack of that info would not have been a problem for me because i am aware of the ease and speed that the targa top can be removed, there are probably lots of people who are still not aware of either method by which a c6 can be exited in case of electrical power loss.
the info on this thread can save lives. if the thread bothers anyone, they have the option of not reading it. the value of the info here outweighs the irritation that it might cause anyone who has read it many times and already knew it before they first read it here.
there is a high probability that 80 percent or more of the people in the u.s. don't know the info contained here. since inside car door handle latch actuation was mechanical only for about 100 years, it is valuable that this info be spread far and wide to as many people as possible, in my opinion.
08-16-2015, 05:49 PM
#191
The poster above you is patently wrong . This would have not been different in a c7 . The car was a Coupe with a removable top.Only the convertible latch mechanism and the removable top on the Z06 is different , which, again, was not an issue wth this unfortunate death .