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Mother leaves baby on Metra train
Chicago Tribune ^ | June 24, 2009 | Ruth Fuller

Posted on 06/24/2009 4:13:16 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

A woman left her baby on a Metra train Tuesday but immediately called police when she realized her mistake, allowing officers to reunite mother and child soon afterwards.

The woman stepped off a Union Pacific North Line train at 6:11 p.m. in North Chicago and quickly realized she had left her baby on the train in a stroller, said Judy Pardonnet, a spokeswoman for Metra.

"She just said she forgot to take the stroller off the train," Pardonnet said.

She called North Chicago police and the train was stopped a few minutes later, she said. North Chicago police called Waukegan police to meet the train at the Waukegan station and take custody of the baby until the mother could arrive, Waukegan Police Lt. Ed Fitzgerald said.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagobreakingnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: baby; metra; mother; napl
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To: DJ MacWoW

Heightened awareness ;)


41 posted on 06/24/2009 6:23:49 PM PDT by Calpernia (DefendOurFreedoms.Org)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Wow, am I relieved that I wasn’t the only sleep deprived crazy Mom.


42 posted on 06/24/2009 6:47:02 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

I went out to the store and got a few blocks from home and realized I left my firstborn infant napping in his crib......I ran all the way home half hysterical when I realized. I was shaking so much I never even went to the store that day. Sounds like this mom only got a few steps, not a few blocks. (putting MY stone down and walking away)


43 posted on 06/24/2009 6:49:38 PM PDT by tioga
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To: DJ MacWoW

Whoa!


44 posted on 06/24/2009 6:51:40 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: KosmicKitty

No you weren’t! lol


45 posted on 06/24/2009 6:53:17 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: tioga

Well there you are.


46 posted on 06/24/2009 6:53:40 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: Fiddlstix; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...


47 posted on 06/24/2009 8:06:01 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Crazy is the new sane.)
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To: mockingbyrd
I’ve got three, six through 18 months, and I have never forgotten one of them. I don’t understand how people can leave their kiddos in the car or anywhere.....I’ve got a crazy busy life, between work and kids, but I know my priorities.

Exactly.

48 posted on 06/24/2009 8:11:45 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Calpernia

ROTFLOL!!!!!


49 posted on 06/24/2009 8:12:17 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
“Once you have a baby, you take on a different identity. You’re not ‘you’ — you are the baby’s life support.”

I LIKE that.

When I had kids, I just assumed the mentality that for the next many years, what I want gets put on the back burner. They'll be grown and gone before I know it and that I can manage living like that.

Fast forward several years....... They're grown and two are now in college, the third on the way next year and I'm trying to figure out where the time went.

And you know something? I survived!!!!

50 posted on 06/24/2009 8:16:25 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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