Newborn Taken To Fire Station After He's Abandoned At Church

HOUSTON, TX -- A newborn infant who was just a few hours old was brought to a Houston fire station after being found abandoned at a church in northeast Houston.

The incident happened just before 5 a.m. Wednesday when firefighters said a man came to Fire Station 63 on Will Clayton Parkway and said someone had left the infant at a church on Tidwell.

The infant, who still had his umbilical cord attached, was taken to Northeast Memorial Hermann Hospital and is expected to be okay.

Around 4:48 am this morning a baby boy was dropped off at one of our fire stations. Firefighters from Station 63 say the baby was a newborn and was brought in by a male from a nearby church. HPD took custody of the baby. He was taken to Northeast Memorial for evaluation.
— Houston Fire Dept (@HoustonFire) September 5, 2018

In Texas, the Safe Haven law, also known as the Baby Moses law, allows parents with children who are less than 2 months old to leave the child with personnel in a designated area if they cannot care for them.

Those areas include:

• fire station
• hospitals
• clinics
• EMS facilities

Since the infant was left at a church, this does not fall under the state’s safe haven law and now officials are looking to find the child’s parents.

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