I wonder if he ordered food for little Cooper?
Me too. I wonder if the statement he made where Cooper was choking had some validity, in that he possibly choked on the breakfast food in the back seat of the car that morning. Can happen fairly easily in a child of that age. The father may have discovered he had choked when he got to work and decided to cover it up with the hot car story, or he may have gone into shock/denial and not snapped out of until later, when it hit him at the shopping center. Just a few thoughts, MOO.