NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A newborn was tossed out a car window onto the grass beside a busy street Thursday afternoon, and the car sped off, authorities said.
Investigators were seeking the parents of the boy, whose umbilical cord was still attached when he was found by a woman passer-by. Doctors believe the infant was less than an hour old at the time.
Sheriff's spokesman Jim Leljedal said the woman brought the infant to the sheriff's office. The baby was taken to Broward General Medical Center, which upgraded his condition from critical to serious Thursday night.
It was unclear what injuries the eight-pound, two-ounce child suffered.
The woman who rescued the baby - who was inside a small plastic bag - said she saw a man and woman arguing inside the vehicle.
The baby was thrown from the passenger side, landing three or four feet away in the grass.
No information was released on the baby's identity.
North Lauderdale is about 13 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale.
© Copyright The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
http://cnn.aimtoday.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-1110&idq=/ff/story/0001/20050210/2249640951.htm&sc=1110&photoid=20050210FLAD101
How pitiful is it that so many loving people would give their left leg for a baby to raise as their own- healthy or otherwise- while other people dispose of their gift like it was a cigarette butt or a wrapper from a mint.
What a cruel, unjust world it is that we call home.
Investigators were seeking the parents of the boy, whose umbilical cord was still attached when he was found by a woman passer-by. Doctors believe the infant was less than an hour old at the time.
Sheriff's spokesman Jim Leljedal said the woman brought the infant to the sheriff's office. The baby was taken to Broward General Medical Center, which upgraded his condition from critical to serious Thursday night.
It was unclear what injuries the eight-pound, two-ounce child suffered.
The woman who rescued the baby - who was inside a small plastic bag - said she saw a man and woman arguing inside the vehicle.
The baby was thrown from the passenger side, landing three or four feet away in the grass.
No information was released on the baby's identity.
North Lauderdale is about 13 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale.
© Copyright The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
http://cnn.aimtoday.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-1110&idq=/ff/story/0001/20050210/2249640951.htm&sc=1110&photoid=20050210FLAD101
How pitiful is it that so many loving people would give their left leg for a baby to raise as their own- healthy or otherwise- while other people dispose of their gift like it was a cigarette butt or a wrapper from a mint.
What a cruel, unjust world it is that we call home.
![=[Stinky]=](/data/avatars/m/0/414.jpg?1000521489){kind=avatar}
