{"id":27531,"date":"2025-09-02T15:14:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=27531"},"modified":"2025-09-02T15:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:14:49","slug":"27531","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=27531","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2781\" data-end=\"2851\">Mila\u2019s small voice piped up, confused. \u201cMommy\u2026 Rex won\u2019t let me go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2853\" data-end=\"2949\">I scooped her into my arms, feeling her tiny body tremble. \u201cIt\u2019s okay, baby. You\u2019re safe now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2951\" data-end=\"3177\">And then I heard it\u2014the low rumble of a car engine. Seconds later, a vehicle rolled past the open gate. My stomach dropped. Half a minute more, half a step further, and my little girl could have been in the path of that car.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16298\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16298\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16298\" src=\"https:\/\/pilgrimjournalist.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/90-3.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pilgrimjournalist.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/90-3.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/pilgrimjournalist.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/90-3-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/pilgrimjournalist.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/90-3-803x1024.jpg 803w, https:\/\/pilgrimjournalist.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/90-3-768x979.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pilgrimjournalist.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/90-3-150x191.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pilgrimjournalist.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/90-3-450x574.jpg 450w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1019\" height=\"1299\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For illustrative purposes only.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"3179\" data-end=\"3240\">I turned to Rex, my voice breaking. \u201cYou knew\u2026 didn\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3179\" data-end=\"3240\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=27532\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26790\" src=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading.jpeg 905w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading-300x75.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading-768x191.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mila\u2019s small voice piped up, confused. \u201cMommy\u2026 Rex won\u2019t let me go.\u201d I scooped her into my arms, feeling her tiny body tremble. \u201cIt\u2019s okay, baby. You\u2019re safe now.\u201d And then I heard it\u2014the low rumble of a car engine. Seconds later, a vehicle rolled past the open gate. My stomach dropped. Half a minute&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=27531\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27539,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27531\/revisions\/27539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}