Mr. Ballin

They can't see or hear him.

And so this couple eventually comes right near his vehicle.

They climb in their car.

drive away without ever noticing him once they were gone James told himself that you know what this is a busy area lots of people come in and out of this Waffle House someone's gonna see us someone's gonna get us out of this car and so for the next several minutes James looked all around him looking for anybody walking through this parking lot looking for people coming out of the Waffle House and anybody who came even close to his vehicle he would scream and yell and bang and do anything he could to get their attention

But nobody noticed him, like no one could see or hear him.

And now James and his dog were really starting to struggle with the heat inside of this vehicle.

It really was like they were trapped inside of an oven.

And so eventually, when it seemed like no one was going to notice them, James just began frantically looking around the interior of his car for a toolkit.

He thought he had left a toolkit in here somewhere, you know, in case of emergencies.

he's thinking you know maybe there was a tool in there he could use to maybe jimmy open one of the doors or if he had to he could maybe use something heavy in the tool kit to break a window just to get out that way and so eventually in the back seat near leia he found this tool kit but when he cracked it open he was disappointed because it really didn't have anything that useful

There were some pliers, there were some jumper cables, and a flashlight.

But, you know, James, he still took the pliers and he jammed the head of the pliers into the crack of the driver's side door to attempt to basically wrench open the door.

But the pliers were very thin, and so he didn't budge the door at all.

And he used a lot of energy trying...

to force the door open.

And remember, it's blisteringly hot inside of the vehicle at this point.

And it's getting harder and harder to breathe.

Leah's struggling to breathe.

James is drenched in sweat.

And so he drops the pliers.