A Special Place In Hell... Just... Argh

DENVER (AP) — A 3-year-old is back with his parents after he knocked on a stranger's door in the middle of the night following the hijacking of his father's car at a Colorado Springs, Colorado convenience store with him in the back seat.

"Help me, I'm cold," the toddler told Traci Gilbert, who answered the door.

She said she heard her doorbell ring about 2:15 a.m. Sunday and got up to check. Gilbert looked through the peephole and didn't see anyone, so she opened her door. Outside, she found the 3-year-old covered in snow and sleet, wearing nighttime diapers and a thin jacket.

"He wasn't crying. He never shed a single tear the whole time. That boy is a hero to me," Gilbert said.

Gilbert said Monday she is still amazed that the toddler made it up 14 slick steps to her front door on the second floor of a duplex, carrying a plastic bag that held a container of soy milk, a Sippy cup, two diapers, wipes and pajama bottoms.

That anyone could put a little boy out on the road in the middle of the night is deplorable.  With snow and ice factored in, it moves from criminal to unforgivable.  That child could have frozen, been kidnapped, or run over. Instead, he showed that awesome bravery that you see in kids and took care of it himself.

It's unlikely they'll catch the guy, but if they do he'd better hope that nobody finds out what he did or it will be a looooong sentence.