Kemp honors Good Samaritans, officers who saved children from hot car

The Brief

  • Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and first lady Marty Kemp honored Good Samaritans and Cobb County officers who helped rescue two children who officials say were trapped in a hot car in the Cumberland Mall’s parking lot.
  • An infrared thermometer used by law enforcement showed the temperature inside the car reached up to 117 degrees, investigators said.
  • The department said the moment was “a powerful reminder that when citizens and officers join forces, lives are saved.”

COBB COUNTY, Ga. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and first lady Marty Kemp honored Good Samaritans and Cobb County officers who helped rescue two children who officials say were trapped in a hot car in the Cumberland Mall’s parking lot.

The officers’ body cameras caught the moment officers were able to get the children out of the vehicle.

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