------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: "Swarna Weerasinghe" <TUPDEAN1/SWEERASI> Organization: Dalhousie University To: [log in to unmask] Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 10:02:07 AST Subject: Re: Crib Danger Cc: #che, #che_students > Subject: Time: 3:06 PM > OFFICE MEMO Crib Danger Date: 6/1/98 > > Received: 5/24/98 9:08 AM > From: Danny Keysar, [log in to unmask] > To: [log in to unmask] > > To: The community > > An URGENT message from LINDA GINZEL and BOAZ KEYSAR > > On May 12 our 17-month-old baby, Danny, was killed by a portable > crib. The Playskool crib closed on his neck and suffocated him to > death. According to press reports and statements by government > officials, Danny is the fifth child to die from this particular > model. It killed three before it was recalled in 1993, a fourth after > and now a fifth, our baby. > > This crib is a time-bomb. Close to 12,000 were sold. We want to try to > prevent the next child from dying. We are trying to reach as many people > as possible through our friends and colleagues. Please help us: > > 1. CHECK your child's portable crib at home, at daycare, at the > baby-sitter's, grandparents, and wherever there are children. These are > Playskool Travel-Lite portable cribs with model numbers 77101 and 77103. > Even if it has worked fine so far, it IS defective and could snap anytime. > Stop using it immediately. Call Kolcraft at 1-800-453-7673; they should > pick up the item and refund your money. > > 2. DROP US A NOTE informing us that you identified the portable crib > and took it out of circulation. Email ([log in to unmask]), fax > (773 296 9658) or regular mail (Daniel Keysar, PO Box 146608, Chicago, > IL 60614-6680). We want to keep track of how many items are returned > as a result of our collective effort. > > 3. FORWARD this email to everyone you know. Even if they do not have > children, they surely know people who do. Your email might be the one to > save the next victim. > > The number of sent messages will grow exponentially daily. So PLEASE > DO NOT FORWARD THIS EMAIL ELECTRONICALLY AFTER JUNE 4, 1998. > > Also, it is important that you NOT change any text in this message. > > 4. POST this information at daycares, pediatricians' offices, OBGYN's > offices, play-groups, and so on. > > We have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and support from > our friends all over the world. Through their tears of disbelief, > everyone has said "if we can do anything to help, please let us > know." Yes, you can do something. Please help us get rid of this > menace. > > WHAT IF YOU DON'T USE PORTABLE or TRAVEL or FOLDUP nursery equipment such > as CRIBS, PLAYPENS, PLAYARDS, TRAVELYARDS, ETC? WHAT IF YOU HAVE A > DIFFERENT MAKE/MODEL? WHAT IF YOUR MAKE/MODEL HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED? > > We were horrified to discover that companies are not required by law > to recall nursery equipment even after it is involved in a child's > death. It took three dead babies before the model that killed our > Danny was recalled. Another grieving parent told us that her baby was > the THIRTEENTH to die from ANOTHER manufacturers' portable playard > that had NOT been recalled. YOU CANNOT BE TOO CAREFUL. EVEN IF YOUR > MAKE/MODEL HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED, you might want to call the company > and inquire if it has been involved in a child's death. > > PLEASE drop us a note if you find out any life saving information that is > relevant to any portable-type make/model ([log in to unmask]). > > BEST WAY TO CONTACT US: > email: [log in to unmask] > fax: (773) 296 9658 > mail: Daniel Keysar, PO Box 146608, Chicago, IL 60614-6680 > > > > ------------- End Forwarded Message ------------- > > > --------------7C849D5553206938B468155A-- > > > > >