Finding The Tool

What Nikki didn’t realize was that Ben was not running away from her, he was running towards their car to find something. The 12-year-old found a ratchet strap in the back of his mom’s car. He quickly grabbed the tool and came back running. Nikki was confused about what is happening, and that is when she heard the sound too.

Inspecting The Car

Nikki approached the car cautiously and peeked inside through the window that Ben cracked. A gasp escaped her lips. It finally made sense why Ben had reacted the way he did. He was not trying to crack the car. He was trying to break the window. Her thought process came to an abrupt halt as she saw Ben running towards her with some tool in his hand. 

Smashing The Windshield

Ben came rushing towards the car, he looked at his mother who was panicking by now and asked her to call for help. He tried to smash the window again, but it just left a bigger crack than the last time. Ben decided to try and break the windshield of the car with the tool. He reached around the car and started bashing the windshield.

Catching Attention

Nikki was on her phone trying to call for help. Ben swung the tool over his shoulder and hit the windshield right in the center. He kept hitting it over and over and around this time, an employee from the nearby store saw what was happening. She ran towards the car assuming Ben is trying to break into someone’s car. That is when Ben revealed the truth.

The Reveal

Ben explained to the employee that he is not breaking into the car or trying to cause damage to it. He heard something, a sound coming from inside the car. And when he went to check, it was a wailing baby in the backseat of the car. Given the extreme heat and sunlight, this car is parked with the windows closed, it probably feels like an oven inside. 

Breaking In

The employee, on realizing the urgency of the situation, ran back to the store to see how she could help the boy. She returned with a section of a clothing rack. By this time Ben had already stomped on the windshield leaving a pretty huge crack in it. The employee then pulled the clothes rack in the hole and pulled out the whole windshield.