Real life "home alone" parents

[kane9321]

JERUSALEM - An Israeli couple going on a European vacation remembered to take their duty-free shopping and their 18 suitcases, but forgot their 3-year-old daughter at the airport, police said Monday.

The couple and their five children were late for a charter flight to Paris Sunday and made a mad dash to the gate. In the confusion, their daughter got lost.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said a policeman found her wandering in the duty-free area at Ben-Gurion airport, Israel's bustling main international air portal. He said the officer alerted airline staff, but the flight had already taken off.

Israeli media said the parents were an ultra-Orthodox Jewish couple but did not give their names.

Rosenfeld said the parents were unaware they had boarded the aircraft with only four children instead of five until they were informed by cabin staff after 40 minutes in the air.

The child, accompanied by an airline staffer, took the next flight to Paris where she was safely reunited with her parents.

Rosenfeld said police would question the couple when they return from vacation, on suspicion of parental negligence

 

[Prison Mike]

I saw this on yahoo. I chuckled a little bit.

 

[Captain_BluTac]

Damn it I read the whole thing hoping to hear that the kid had taken down some hapless theives, but nothing, NOTHING! kane there's a special place in hell for people like you!

 

[kane9321]

sorry cap

 

[Nirvana]

LoL, what an interesting story.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Nice touch that they were going to Paris too, just like the first movie.

 

[jaguarr]

If you have so many kids that you can't even keep track of them like that then maybe you should let a few of them be adopted to be good homes where they won't be left behind on family vacations.

jag

 

[Captain_BluTac]

If you have so many kids that you can't even keep track of them like that then maybe you should let a few of them be adopted to be good homes where they won't be left behind on family vacations.

jag

Or at least release them into the wild.

 

[Captain Planet!]

 

[hammy]

Rosenfeld said police would question the couple when they return from vacation, on suspicion of parental negligence

Let's just hope the kid makes it home safe.

 

[ShaneHelms]

t:

 

[Lemon]

What great parents!

 

[FaT_tONle]

I wish it had been one of their older children... who took a cab back home only to encounter the Israeli versions of Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern...