This horrific scene occurred when a father in Texas broke his car’s front window to get his infant out of the heat.
As the temperature approached 40°C, the man is seen breaking the glass in video that was shot in a parking lot in Arlington.
When the parents learned they had locked their keys inside the hot car with the baby, panic broke out, according to KRGV.
As people gathered around the car, the father repeatedly swung at the window in a frantic attempt to break it before another man with a longer pole arrived.
Eventually the two created a hole big enough for a woman to climb through and retrieve the child.
Harlingen Police confirmed the parents will not face any charges after the incident on Wednesday last week.
South Texas Emergency Care Foundation, who were called to the scene, said the baby was treated within minutes.
Director Rene Perez said the parents did the right thing in calling 911 right away.
‘When you have a child, particularly a child in a vehicle like that, 10 minutes is too long,’ Perez said.
‘So you really want to make sure that the baby is doing well, and it’s best to have observations on the child just to make sure that they’re compensating properly for the stress that they just went through.’
It was unclear how long the child had remained in the car before being pulled out.
Temperatures in Texas have remained high for weeks, with a summer average for some parts at 39.9°C.
People have been trapped under a ‘heat dome’ that is expected to bring more record highs in the coming days.
In May, three children died after being found unattended in vehicles in Texas, Florida and Washington State.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the US has warned that a child’s body temperature rises three to five times faster than an adult’s.
So, when a child is left in a car, the situation can quickly become dangerous.