Posted on 09/03/2016 3:40:22 PM PDT by Hojczyk
A touching photo of an Alabama police officer comforting a one-month-old after her parents overdosed on drugs is capturing the hearts of many on the Internet
.Birmingham South Precinct police officers responded to the scene only to find the mother and father of four young children unresponsive because of an overdose of drugs, according to AL.com.
Police found the 30-year-old father dead on the kitchen floor while the 35-year-old mother remained alive but unresponsive. Paramedics were able to give the mother a dose of Narcan, an opioid antidote, and took her to the hospital, where she remains in critical condition, FOX 5 Atlanta reports.
The children, ages seven, three, two, and one-month, were alone and frightened because of the incident.
One of the officers, Michelle Burton, took it upon herself to care for the children before they could be transferred to Child Protective Services, according to the Washington Post. Burton took the children back to the precinct, where she removed her vest and gear so she could cradle the baby and give her a bottle.
As the baby fell asleep on Burton’s shoulder, a coworker snapped a photo of her holding the sleeping child, according to the Post.
Burton stayed up all night comforting the children and did not go home until 4 a.m.
“Last night, my wife Michelle Burton told me she would be late getting off work because of call she was on where the parents of 4 small children had both overdosed,” Brian Burton wrote in his post. “She spent the rest of the night taking care of these babies. She got home at 4 this morning. I’ve never seen her more beautiful than in this picture. What an incredible woman.”
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Poor kids
Wow. Poor kids.
And as a former foster parent, I can guarantee you those children will be put through h#ll as the courts do everything to return those kids to those parents, in spite of the damage it does to the children.
a 7-year-old girl, a 3-year-old boy, a 2-year-old boy and a 1-month-old girl.
The child is starting out already with two strikes against her
Well, one anyway — the father’s dead.
the father’s dead
The male in the house was dead,father,anyones guess
She has Michelle Burton in her corner, and I’m guessing that’s going to be for life.
Sweet.
Good point but he was called the father in the article. Who knows?
Hell, yeah! I’d like to have Michelle Burton in my corner. And not in that puerile Laz way.
It breaks my heart but I have to agree with you. This is so sad....
I guess that young #black life mattered to that cop.
Sad commentary, it had a quote from the female officer’s spouse, and I had to make sure it was a male first name.
That baby looks older than 1 month-—to me.
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#babylivesmatter
Well done officer Burton ....... god bless ya !
Sweet babies, all.
Dear Lord, deliver them from evil.
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