The couple rescues baby from hot car in Ohio after parents possibly overdosed.
Eric Asher, 43, and his fiancé were in a car park in Canton, Ohio, when they noticed the parents lying on the ground and the baby girl was sweating in the car
A couple rescued a baby girl from a roasting hot car in 32C (88F) heat as her parents lay passing out nearby after "taking heroin".
Eric Asher, 43, and his fiancé were in a car park in Canton, Ohio, when they noticed the parents lying unconscious on the ground next to their vehicle.
As they approached the car they noticed a baby girl was inside and that she was sweating in the high temperatures.
The car was open so they were able to get the baby out and quickly gave her water to drink as a bystander rang the emergency services.
"We were driving down the road and I looked over to my right and I saw the male and female laying on the ground," he told InsideEdition.com.
"We later saw that they were purple.
"The child was covered in sweat. We gave the baby some water - that was our priority."
Mr Asher said the girl's mother called him to say thank you for rescuing the baby from the sweltering hot car.
He said she told him that they were heroin addicts but had relapsed after being clean for two years.
According to court records, the parents were charged with endangering a child and were released on bonds of £ 788 ($ 1,000).
Mr Asher took to Facebook to share what happened and posted pictures of the scene. "The only reason we posted that picture was to bring awareness," Asher said. "I have family and friends dying like everybody does daily over this epidemic. We just wanted people to be aware of what was going on in our community. We did not expect it to go viral."
The post became viral, but he said he and his fiancée have been heavily criticized for sharing the images. Asher, who is also a father to a toddler, said he's just glad he was in the "right place at the right time."
The little girl is now looking after a relative.
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