In a summer of child hot car deaths across the country, New York families push for change
Child safety advocates, like a bereaved Rockland County couple, want carmakers to install life-saving technology in every new car.
This article was originally published on by THE CITY
Each time Marissa Rodriguez hears about another child dying inside a hot car she cries and has the urge to reach out to their grieving parents.
Rodriguez’s pain and empathy come from a unique, and tragic, perspective: Her twin 1-year-olds, Luna and Phoenix, died trapped in a Honda sedan parked by her husband, Juan Rodriguez, in Fordham, The Bronx, on a late July day in 2019. The couple lives in Rockland County.