Parents Who Lost Child To Crib Speak Out

MYFOXNY.COM - A couple from North Bellmore, Long Island is at the forefront of an effort to ban all drop-side cribs.

Susan and Robert Cirigliano lost their six-month-old son, Bobby, in a crib accident.

The Ciriglianos say the boy was in his crib when he got caught between the mattress and the side rail and suffocated.

Suffolk County legislators are expected to sign a ban on the cribs into law. County Executive Steve Levy says the law would go into effect in February.

On Monday, more than 2.1 million drop-side cribs made by Stork Craft Manufacturing of Canada were recalled after reports of four infant suffocations.

The Ciriglianos' son was not inside a crib made by Stork Craft Manufacturing when he died. They refused to confirm the name of the crib citing a pending lawsuit against manufacturers. Published reports indicate the crib was made by a company called Delta.

When asked by Good Day NY's Rosanna Scotto if they felt the Consumer Product Safety Commission was slow to react to the potential dangers posed by drop-side cribs, Susan Cirigliano said "yes... we think that after the death of one child that the cribs should have been pulled from the market."

As for the repair kits Stork Craft Manufacturing of Canada is offering parents, the Ciriglianos said, " don't accept the repair kit. Destroy the crib. Don't put it out on the curb."

On Tuesday, Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Inez Tenenbaum conceded the agency hasn't been acting as quickly as it should on crib safety problems.