Father who accidentally left son, 3, in hot car to die lays boy to rest at heartbreaking funeral
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A devastated father whose son died after he accidentally left him in a car for more than six hours on one of Sydney’s hottest days has laid the three-year-old to rest in an emotional funeral.
Arikh Hasan’s small coffin was carried inside the Lakemba Mosque just after lunchtime on Friday ahead of the boy’s burial in a traditional Bangladeshi ceremony.
Newaz Hasan, who tragically left Arikh in his car in 35-degree temperatures on February 2, was one of six pallbearers who carried the boy’s small green coffin on a short walk up the steps of the mosque.
His devastated wife, Marzia, followed a few steps behind, wearing a dark red hijab, with two women closing ranks around her, blocking her from the watching crowd.
A small boy neatly dressed in a navy blue Islamic robe and white cap, believed to be Arikh’s older brother, was also present and stood guard over the coffin.
Arikh Hasan’s small coffin was carried inside the Lakemba Mosque just after lunch on Friday.
His mother, Marzia, followed the coffin, wearing a dark red hijab, with two women closing ranks around her, blocking her from the watching crowd.
Arikh Hasan, 3 (boy below) with his older brother who was taken by his father to primary school, with Arikh tragically left in care for up to five hours.
Newaz Hasan (front right), who tragically left Arikh in his car in 35 degree heat on February 2, was one of six men carrying the bier in the little green coffin.
A small boy neatly dressed in a navy blue Islamic robe and white cap, believed to be Arikh’s older brother, stood guard as his coffin was loaded into a hearse.
A group of around 100 mourners, mostly Australians from Bangladesh, attended prayers at the mosque, before going to Arikh’s funeral on Friday afternoon.
According to Bengali Islamic tradition, the boy’s remains were wrapped in a shroud with his face still visible for his loved ones to say their last goodbyes.
After a service, Arikh’s coffin was carried out of the mosque at around 2:10 p.m. and loaded into the hearse.
His brother stood sentry in the back of the hearse as the meter-long coffin was pushed into the vehicle.
Arikh’s father then climbed into the passenger seat of the hearse, and at 2:20 p.m., the hearse left the busy Lakemba street to head to the burial site.
Hasan spoke earlier in the week about the death of his son on February 2, a 35-degree day in western Sydney, after he forgot to drop him off at nursery.
Moments earlier, Mr Hasan had taken Arikh’s older brother to primary school and spent the rest of the day working from his home in Glenfield, west of Sydney.
Mr. Hasan only realized his terrible mistake when he returned to his Toyota Corolla to pick up his eldest son from school.
Footage from the heartbreaking scene shows the distraught father sitting on the ground with his hands on his head, crying uncontrollably.
A group of around 100 mourners, mostly Australians from Bangladesh, attended prayers at the mosque before heading to Arikh’s funeral on Friday afternoon.
Hundreds of mourners attended the service on Friday before the boy’s coffin was taken away for burial.
After a service, Arikh’s coffin was carried out of the mosque at around 2:10 p.m. and loaded into the hearse.
A trail of mourners followed the small green coffin as it was carried to a mosque for prayers.
Newaz Hasan (right) has put his 3-year-old son Hasan to rest, just over a week after the toddler died after being left in the family car in 35 degree heat for more than six hours after Newaz forgot to drop him off at daycare.
Mr Hasan was seen collapsing at the scene when the boy was pronounced dead in Glenfield, western Sydney, on February 2.
“Usually I would talk to my son on the way to kindergarten, you know, we would chat… but because I was asleep that day, the car was quiet,” Hasan said. the daily telegraph.
I think that silence made me forget that he was there.
Fully occupied by his job as a senior bank analyst in his home office, the day had passed seemingly normally, but outside in the car, young Arikh was slowing down, succumbing to the blistering heat.
Entrapped by the car seat restraint system and vehicle equipped with child locks, the child would not have been able to get out or open the car doors.
At around 3 pm, Mr. Hasan unknowingly got back behind the wheel with Arikh still inside and drove to Glenfield Public School to pick up his oldest son.
It wasn’t until he got back to the car after picking up the boy from elementary school that he saw Arikh still strapped to the back seat of the car.
NSW Police have not charged Mr Hasan but investigations into the tragedy are ongoing (pictured: Mr Hasan’s car at the scene)
Mujammel Hossain (pictured in the pink shirt) told Daily Mail Australia that he saw Mr Hasan scream and said that immediately after Arikh was removed from the car, he realized that he had already died because he was extremely hot and “no pulse”.
Bottle shop clerk Sandeep Shresdha was working at the time the boy was brought into his shop and recalled there were “a lot of people crying”.
“Even talking about it now, I still don’t know how it happened… There was nothing on my mind, I wasn’t distracted, nothing… I just forgot,” Hasan said.
“I just want to tell other parents to always be 120 percent sure where your kids are.”
With the help of bystanders, Hasan pulled the three-year-old from the car and rushed him to a nearby bottle shop where paramedics desperately tried to revive him.
Paramedics told Mr. Hasan that his son “was not going to be okay”.
Following the harrowing discovery, Mr. Hasan struck the window of his car, injuring his hand.
Traumatized by the ordeal, he, his wife Marzia and their eldest son had not returned home since the tragedy, staying with relatives in south-west Sydney.
Experts say Hasan may have suffered from “forgotten baby syndrome”, when a parent or carer experiences short-term memory loss caused by distraction or a change in routine.