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Abandoned Baby is in Good Health, Safe
LAST UPDATE: 1/1/2004 5:09:21 PM
Posted By: Mandi Bishop

Another San Antonio mother gives birth to a baby, then leaves him in the care
of firefighters. It's the second baby dropped off at a San Antonio fire station
in the last week.

This time the girl's parents didn't even know she was pregnant. About 9:45 on
New Year's Eve, a woman carried in the case the firefighters say they'll all
remember.

The case held a newborn baby boy who was just a couple of hours old. His young
mother gave birth at home and only shared her secret with a close friend.

The woman first handed the baby to EMT Jesse Davila, who says, "It brought us
together to take care of this one child who needed our attention."

Captain Bill Bochat tells News 4, "Her friend had the baby and her friend had
told her that she didn't want to keep the baby, and she asked her if she would
bring it over to the fire station so that it could get appropriate medical
attention."

Davila says the people at the fire station nicknamed baby JJ from his initials.


Paramedics drove the baby to a hospital where he'll stay until he's placed with
a foster family. It's a routine San Antonio firefighters are repeating more and
more often.

Little JJ is the third baby dropped off at a San Antonio fire station in the
last two years. The "Baby Moses Law" allows mothers complete immunity for
turning over unwanted babies into safe hands.

A Children Protection Service spokesperson tells News 4 the baby is in good
health, and may be released to a foster family as early as Friday.