Newborn Found Alive In Dumpster

MIAMI (AP) - A newborn boy is safe after being found in a trash
bin in Miami.
Authorities say the child was apparently only an hour or so old.
He was found in a trash bin Monday night when a janitor taking out
the trash heard the baby crying. The boy's umbilical cord was still
attached.
The child appeared to be healthy but was taken to a hospital to
be monitored.
Florida's Safe Haven law was passed in 2000 in response to a
rash of babies left to die in canals and trash bins. The law allows
a parent to surrender a newborn, no questions asked, to any
hospital emergency room, open fire station or other facility
capable of providing emergency care.

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