A newborn baby boy was found abandoned in a cardboard box in cold weather in Alaska on New Year’s Eve – with a heartbreaking note saying his parents had no food or money.
The temperature was just 1 degree when a Fairbanks woman discovered a box full of blankets near her home. Alaska police said the child was taken to the hospital and “found in good health.”
Message left with infant – titled “Help me please!!!” – said the boy was born 12 weeks premature, although authorities have not confirmed that.
“My parents and grandparents had no food or money to support me,” the handwritten letter read. “They NEVER wanted to do this to me.
“My mother was very upset doing this,” it continued. “Take me away and find me A FAMILY LOVE. My parents are begging anyone to find me. My name is Teshawn. ”
The note was posted in the video by a Facebook user holding a Roxy Lane hand. She also posted a video of herself pulling the blanket back to show a baby nestled underneath.
“I’ve been processing my emotions all day and looking at all the different situations and reasons, with my friends and family, to understand why something like this could happen, ‘ wrote Lane.
She suggests that parents may be too young to realize that Alaska has safe haven laws that allow unwanted children to be released with police, firefighters or paramedics until they are released. they are 21 days old.
“I hope the mother gets the help she may need. I doubt they can afford to take her to the hospital and she may need medical attention. Please, someone who knows this new mom, check her out! She may fall into despair, feeling left out,” writes Lane.
She used the discovery of Teshawn to call for unity in the Fairbanks community.
“Clearly, someone in our community felt so lost and desperate that perhaps they made the hardest choice of their life to leave that innocent life on the side of the road without nothing but some blankets and a name,” she wrote.
“But she named him! There’s some love there, even if she made a bad decision. I know we’re all struggling, I get it. I see you. I love you all and I am here. I saved a baby today and I will probably think about Teshawn for the rest of my life.”
In a message to The Daily Beast, Lane said she was only releasing the video “in the hope that everyone involved gets the help they may need and whatever justice needs to be done will be done.” serve.”
“I just hope the community is more aware, and maybe a little compassionate, for the plight of all involved,” she said, declining an interview.
The Alaska Daily News said Fairbanks Memorial Hospital reported that “the baby is doing well and is very healthy.”
