Experience: We found a baby on the subway – now he's our 26-year-old son

Post by lkey » Sat, May 23, 2026, 1:35 PM UTC

throeididkf wrote: post #12

FartyMcFarter wrote: post #5

Everything about this story is so satisfying, that if I read it in a lesser source I would be doubting it. The person finding the baby was the person who eventually adopted him. The judge asking the guy to adopt the baby was the same judge that performed the wedding of the couple doing the adoption. Just so many great details.

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Post by soared » Sat, May 23, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC

PaulRobinson wrote: post #33

Digit-Al wrote: post #19

I find this story slightly odd. I'm not trying to suggest it's not true, I have trust in the Guardian not to print falsehoods; but do they really offer abandoned babies to just anyone in America? Here in the UK, I used to work with a guy many years ago who was trying to adopt. He and his wife had to go through months and months of vetting and paperwork to be allowed to become adopted parents. You basically have to pr…

The judge didn’t ask him if he wanted to adopt there and then in that precise second and that was that. The judge asked if he was interested. Perhaps the judge asked this knowing that the circumstances showed this was a caring man who had the child’s best interests at heart and had demonstrated through actions - and described through testimony we have not heard - his feelings towards the child when finding him. They…

Post by throwifjfjfofjt » Sat, May 23, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC

lkey wrote: post #52

throeididkf wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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In response to a heartwarming story you did not read, you made an account on this website to advocate for harshly punishing a child or young woman acting under extreme duress for a crime committed 26 years ago ?

Post by zamadatix » Sat, May 23, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC

frutiger wrote: post #50

zamadatix wrote: post #39

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God bless the woman who felt they had no other choice & give them help rather than punishment. We will never know the circumstances but we can obviously assume they weren't very much better than the baby's to have done this. Nobody doing something like this out of disdain for the child would have carried it to delivery (regardless of their stance on abortion).

At least in NY State, babies up to 30 days old can be left for care by the state. > New York State's Abandoned Infant Protection Act allows a parent to abandon a newborn baby up to 30 days of age anonymously and without fear of prosecution, as long as the baby is abandoned in a safe manner. > A parent is not guilty of a crime if the infant is left with an appropriate person or in a suitable location and the parent pr…

Post by Mordisquitos » Sat, May 23, 2026, 2:37 PM UTC

Anon84 wrote: post #23

Digit-Al wrote: post #19

I find this story slightly odd. I'm not trying to suggest it's not true, I have trust in the Guardian not to print falsehoods; but do they really offer abandoned babies to just anyone in America? Here in the UK, I used to work with a guy many years ago who was trying to adopt. He and his wife had to go through months and months of vetting and paperwork to be allowed to become adopted parents. You basically have to pr…

I can’t confirm or deny the Guardian story, but I do personally know someone who found a small baby in a bus in Kenya and preceded to adopt and raise her.