Linda Ginzel and Nancy Cowles
Recorded
July 16, 2015
40:59 minutes
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chi001279
Description
Linda Ginzel (56) tells Nancy Cowles (56) how losing her 16month-old baby to a crib accident at a local daycare, inspired her to start her own organization called Kids in Danger, an organization dedicated to protect children by improving the safety of the products they consume.Subject Log / Time Code
Linda Ginzel (56) tells Nancy Cowles (56) how losing her 16month-old baby to a crib accident in 1998 at a local daycare, inspired her to start her own organization called Kids in Danger.
Linda describes the moment she found out something had happened to her child, Danny Keysar. She cried while she remembers the accident--- her son got strangled by a portable crib while he was at the daycare center.
Linda remembers how she soon after read in the Chicago Tribune that similar accidents had happened to other children.
Linda talks about why the products wasn't recalled before.
Linda talks about how and why she started Kinds in Danger.
Linda and Nancy start talking about their work together dating back since 1999
Nancy remembers working with Linda on legislation that made companies test their products before selling them to the public.
Nancy explains the law that passed 10 years later after Danny's death that called for more safety for baby products.
Linda talks about the mission of the organization.
Linda remembers the support they got from the community after Danny's incident.
Linda reflects about her what parents should do in case of an accident and thanks Nancy for being her long time partner and friend at Kids in Danger.
Participants
- Linda Ginzel
- Nancy Cowles