Hi, my name is Stacy Sanchez. Seven weeks ago tomorrow my life was changed forever. I lost my son, Jacob Morgan Sanchez, 2 weeks before his 2nd birthday in a tragic accident.
I had left the house to go to a doctor appointment and my 6-year-old opened the door to see where I was going. I told him to shut the door so that Jacob didn't get out. He shut the door right away. This all took place in less than a minute. I then proceeded to back out of our driveway and felt that I had hit something. I got out and to my horror it was my baby.
I cannot begin to describe to you what I felt at that time or what I feel in my heart now. My heart has forever broken. How could this have happened?
We have a Ford Expedition and I could not even see that my son had gotten out of the door. He was in the house with his brothers and when I had told my 6-year-old to shut the door, he did. I had no idea that Jacob had gotten out. Even when I realized I had hit something, I thought it was a trash can or something. Never my precious little mister! Never!!! I want to fight to have detection devices put on vehicles where your vision is impaired when it comes to seeing children because of height. If I had been in a smaller car I would have seen my boy and this nightmare would never have happened.
I want to try and prevent this from happening to other families.
Stacy Sanchez
Mother of "A Little Angel in Heaven"
Jacob Morgan Sanchez