The South Carolina birth (and abadonment) of a baby at a circus - the nice side of the story

[underpants]

Investigators estimate the baby was left behind for 90 minutes before a cleaning crew pushed open the closed stall door and found the infant, his feet in the water and head on the rim of the toilet. They immediately told their supervisors Eder Serrano and Marco Calle, who rushed inside.

"First thing I told him was wear gloves if you're going to grab the baby," Serrano recalled telling his co-worker. "It was too late. He had already grabbed the baby."

Calle, a 41-year-old father of three ranging in age from 10 to 17, put the baby on the bathroom's changing table, whispering "vas a estar bien, bebe." (The baby will be fine)

By that time, Serrano had called 911 and was relaying in Spanish the operator's instructions. Calle, so nervous that his hands were shaking, tied a string around the umbilical cord to cut it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110210/ap_on_re_us/us_infant_found_arena

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. That baby really lucked out...

His mother didn't kill him, and he was found reasonably soon...

I expect he will be fine. Probably the only thing that they had to worry about was the fact that he was probably chilled from being naked and in the water for that long.

Poor little thing.

[lunatica]

2. Marco Calle is a fine human being and a hero

May the baby be well and healthy and end up with parents who love him.

[applegrove]

3. Yup.