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Officer reunited with newborn he found in dumpster in 1989 [Awwwww Alert]
AP ^ | 4/26/15

Posted on 04/26/2015 6:20:23 PM PDT by markomalley

An officer who found an abandoned newborn in a garbage dumpster has been reunited with the now 25-year-old man he helped save.

Santa Ana police officer Michael Buelna and Robin Barton recently met in an emotional reunion, KABC-TV reported (http://abc7ne.ws/1QwNdzt ).

"I hoped that someday I would see him again," Buelna said.

Buelna was on duty in November 1989 when he heard a faint sound coming from a trash bin. Buelna started shifting through the trash and discovered a baby, his umbilical cord still attached. The child was just four hours old and weighed 4 pounds, 2 ounces.

"He still had all the mucus and stuff and all the trash and gravel was sticking to him," Buelna said. "I tried to give him a tiny little bit of breath, and he reacted a little bit."

Buelna wanted to adopt the boy, but another Orange County family stepped in first. They named him Robin Barton.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; leo; rescue

1 posted on 04/26/2015 6:20:23 PM PDT by markomalley
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Wow, were they trashing babies way back then?


2 posted on 04/26/2015 6:21:41 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: 9thLife
All the way back to Molech, Baaal ... Satan ....

Evil hates life

Jesus gives it

Get it ?

3 posted on 04/26/2015 6:30:16 PM PDT by knarf
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To: knarf

Serve and protect is not DEAD... (mostly)...


4 posted on 04/26/2015 6:32:48 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: markomalley

5 posted on 04/26/2015 6:34:32 PM PDT by Bobalu (If we live to see 2017 we will be kissing the ground)
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To: 9thLife
Neil Young released Rockin' In The Free World in 1989. The song references a girl throwing a baby in a garbage can and then hitting a crack pipe.
6 posted on 04/26/2015 6:34:32 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: 9thLife
In the 1700s they estimated that an average of 8 dead babies were found floating in the Thames every morning.

Sadly, people kill babies.

7 posted on 04/26/2015 6:36:39 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I hear that’s still common in the Ganges (if that’s how you spell it) River.


8 posted on 04/26/2015 6:39:59 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: Rodamala

It was supposed to be a pan of Bush I. However the verse content soon was forgotten and the “Rockin’ In The Free World” refrain taken as the anthem of the fall of Soviet domination, in which Bush I as well as Reagan had a hand. A condign humiliation from one viewpoint, an unmerited windfall for Young from another.


9 posted on 04/26/2015 6:43:30 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: 9thLife

My dad was a NYC welfare case worker back in the 70s. He once had charge of an infant who was found in a garbage can, it even made the papers. My dad got to name the baby. He gave him a good name “matthew” because he said it means “child of god” and for a last name the name of the street where he was found which I won’t post here, but it was good name too, very classy.


10 posted on 04/26/2015 6:48:48 PM PDT by jocon307 (Tell it like it is.)
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To: MNDude
There are other places where it happens too.

And it does not seem to matter that there are places that will happily take the child in no questions asked.

It is nice to hear of one with a happy ending.

11 posted on 04/26/2015 6:50:30 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I had no idea...this is horrible!


12 posted on 04/26/2015 6:55:20 PM PDT by Aria
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To: markomalley

Officer Michael Buelna finally got his just reward for saving this child. Hat’s off officer Buelna, you are one of the really good guys!


13 posted on 04/26/2015 6:59:14 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: jocon307

Malcolm X?


14 posted on 04/26/2015 7:24:22 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: knarf

Succinct way to put it, and so true. Whenever I am bewildered by the passion shown over the “right”to be able to legally kill tiny babies, I have to remember that their hearts and minds are submitted to satan. They are just unaware of that fact.


15 posted on 04/26/2015 7:31:46 PM PDT by NorthstarMom (God says debt is a curse and children are a blessing, yet we apply for loans and prevent pregnancy.)
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To: 9thLife

No he did not name him after the Malcolm x-pressway! (Which doesn’t exist but hubby always thought it should.)


16 posted on 04/26/2015 8:06:40 PM PDT by jocon307 (Tell it like it is.)
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To: markomalley

Nice story...thanks for posting...


17 posted on 04/26/2015 8:20:13 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: markomalley

18 posted on 04/26/2015 9:32:00 PM PDT by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: markomalley

It’s tragic what the American people will throw away.


19 posted on 04/26/2015 9:49:02 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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