Although the portable crib had been recalled five years earlier, word of its danger had not reached Danny’s parents, caregiver, or a state inspector who visited the home just eight days before Danny’s death.
To date, 19 children have died in cribs of similar faulty design. And portable cribs are just one of the myriad children’s products that may prove to be dangerous.
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Press Kit
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Press Releases
- 2011 Mar 11 — Important Consumer Tool Launched Today
- 2011 Mar 07 — Moving towards Safety
- 2010 Dec 15 — New Mandatory Crib Standards
- 2010 Jul 22 — CPSC Chair Tenenbaum visits Chicago, promotes recall effectiveness tools
- 2010 Mar 29 — KID releases new report on 2009 recalls
Media Coverage
- Leading by Example — Convene Magazine, the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association
- 2001 April 11 — Book takes unsafe baby products, firms to task — USA Today
- 2000 Nov — Children’s Products and Risk — The Atlantic Monthly
- 1998 Nov/Dec —Silent Recall — Mother Jones magazine
- 1998 Nov — How Danny Died — Chicago Magazine
- 2002 Feb — Why are so many children killed or injured by unsafe products? — Chicago Parent Magazine
Danny’s Story
On May 12, 1998, 16-month-old Daniel Keysar was strangled to death at his licensed childcare facility when a Playskool Travel-Lite portable crib collapsed, trapping his neck in the “V” of its folded rails.
Aiden’s Story
Aiden suffocated on the crib bumper pad in his crib. He was six months old. "My beloved grandson was literally the light of my life."
Ellie’s Story
Ellie died when the changing table attachment on a play yard came down on the back of her neck as she stood up. She was thirteen months old.
Liam’s Story
Liam died when he was entrapped by the defective drop-side of his crib. He was nine months old.
Jared’s Story
Jared was strangled when the top rails of his portable crib collapsed. He was eight months old.
Riley’s Story
Riley was strangled when the side rail of her portable crib collapsed around her neck. She was 10 months old.
Ethan’s Story
Ethan died just months after Riley when he was strangled in the same type portable crib. He was eight months old.