A baby, born so recently that “the umbilical cord was still attached,” was saved by a couple walking with their own child after he was abandoned by a man on a bridge in Texas.
According to Sergeant Juan Garcia of the Harris County Sheriff’s Department, the premature baby girl “still had a fresh placenta…so she was just born,” and was found in Bear Creek in the city of Katy, just west of Houston. Saturday.
CCTV footage shows the suspect, described as having a thin build, walking slowly towards a bridge with the child.
After placing the baby on the ground, the man slowly walks away before disappearing from sight.
Temperatures in the area over the weekend reached 35°C (95°F), according to the National Weather Agency, so the girl would have had little chance of survival.
Fortunately, a young couple walking their own son and dogs saw the newborn and called the police.
Daniela Fedele told NBC News affiliate KPRC 2: “We were coming back from our walk this morning and heading home because it was hot.
“When I went ahead and looked closer, that’s when I noticed a little baby with two feet moving around.
“I think it was like, I’m seeing this, right? Like, are my eyes really seeing a baby here?”
Her husband, Luis Marín, added: “I hold him. The baby opens his eyes to me, he looks at me.
“We make eye contact. And I’m like, how can anyone do this?”
Sergeant Garcia described the couple as a “blessing” and said they noticed the suspect walking away before rescuing the child.
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Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez added that the unnamed baby was in good condition and that deputies were searching for the man who abandoned her.
Neither he nor the child’s mother have yet been identified.
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