My Sister Won a Costume Contest With Her Baby—Then the Judge Asked Why the Bin Was Sealed
At a Halloween block party, Nora dressed her toddler, Jax, as a monster in a trash can. A retired firefighter noticed the bin’s unusual latch—military-style—and found it locked shut. Jax was unresponsive until pried out, likely from low oxygen. The bin turned out to be a decommissioned military containment unit, sold illegally. A note on…