{"id":22038,"date":"2025-12-01T14:16:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=22038"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:18:07","slug":"a-4-year-old-boy-saved-his-mom-during-a-snowstorm-by-pushing-her-baby-through-the-cold-in-a-borrowed-shopping-cart-it-was-called-a-miracle-but-the-experience-changed-him-he-stopped-playing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=22038","title":{"rendered":"A 4-year-old boy saved his mom during a snowstorm by pushing her baby through the cold in a borrowed shopping cart. It was called a miracle \u2014 but the experience changed him. He stopped playing, slept inside the cart every night, afraid to close his eyes. \u201cHe\u2019s still in survival mode,\u201d the doctor said. Then his mother did something incredibly brave: she took him back to the store to return the cart. 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