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Syracuse girl finds newborn under bush
Syracuse.com ^ | Friday, August 29, 2008 | Douglass Dowty

Posted on 08/29/2008 9:50:47 PM PDT by metmom

A 6-year-old girl playing hide-and-seek with her grandmother Thursday evening found a newborn baby on Syracuse's South Side.

The baby girl, her umbilical cord still attached, was lying under some bushes where Lilliana Williams-Rodriguez went to hide, said the little girl's grandmother, Thelma Williams. The infant was partially wrapped in a black shirt, with most of her torso exposed, Williams said.

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TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: baby
Good thing it was a mild day today in CNY.

God must be really watching out for this one.

1 posted on 08/29/2008 9:50:47 PM PDT by metmom
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To: The Mayor; neverdem

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2 posted on 08/29/2008 9:51:09 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom

A bush? I thought they were found under cabbage leaves.


3 posted on 08/29/2008 9:58:58 PM PDT by BykrBayb (We're a non Soros non lefitst supporting maverick Gang of 3, who won't be voting for McCain. ~)
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Her daughter, Precious Williams, tried to soothe the baby. Her friend, Tamique Trapps, 16, picked the baby up and cradled her. The baby started to cry.

"It was tiny," Trapps said. "It was beautiful."

**tears welling**

4 posted on 08/29/2008 10:00:37 PM PDT by WKL815 (If the phrase 'Personal Responsibility' makes you defensive, you may be a liberal.)
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To: BykrBayb

All you’d find on the south side are bushes.

I guess when there’s no cabbages...


5 posted on 08/29/2008 10:13:28 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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"Thelma Williams ran into the house and got a white dress to cover the baby. She kept watch until firefighters arrived and took the baby to University Hospital."

"Thelma Williams said it was lucky her family was playing in the area when the baby was abandoned. She called the tiny girl a "diamond in the rough."

It's so nice to read a story with a happy ending. I read so many sad ones that end tragically.

6 posted on 08/29/2008 10:23:03 PM PDT by BBell
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A parent who abandons a child can be charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, Connellan said.

This is a monstrous crime....it should be prosecuted as such, and not as a misdemeanor!
7 posted on 08/29/2008 10:30:25 PM PDT by ThinkingBuddha
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To: BykrBayb

Most babies are start out under a bush....


8 posted on 08/29/2008 10:32:03 PM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
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To: ThinkingBuddha

I agree. For a newborn, that’s a death sentence.

It should be treated with the seriousness it deserves.


9 posted on 08/29/2008 10:34:46 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom

That baby’s guardian angel was watching over her. Thank goodness she’ll be ok.


10 posted on 08/29/2008 10:36:38 PM PDT by Pinkbell (”This guy is a jerk, an arrogant jerk. A Jerk Messiah.” - Rush talking about Obama)
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I don’t doubt this for a minute.

Bush gets blamed for everything.


11 posted on 08/29/2008 10:36:48 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (A kid at McDonalds has more real-world work experience than Barack Hussein.)
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That’s what I was going to write.

My backup joke is that I thought it was found under a bus, musta been along with all those others under Obama’s bus...


12 posted on 08/30/2008 1:16:00 AM PDT by Kevmo (Obama Birth Certificate is a Forgery. http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/certifigate/index?tab=articles)
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