you can do for your child. >> reporter: not prepared to take his word for it since he sells cribs? then listen to a parent who's been through it. >> my son was caught by the neck between the oak headboard and the side raiai and he ffocated. it's a very horrific experience. >> reporter: in fact, it's now illegal to sell old outdated cribs. and yet we easily found hundreds for sale on the internet. so we bought a couple. we wanted to see how they would withstand today's rigorous testing. first the slat test. it's a totally different story if you test an older, illegal crib like this. go for it. okay. now, that's what you don't want to see. now the rail test. after pounding on this crib just 35 times, the support hardware breaks free. that's why there are new standards and new tests to make sure babies and their parents