Posted on 09/24/2018 11:29:27 AM PDT by ETL
A baby girl found crawling across a New Jersey road Saturday prompted officials to launch an investigation -- and a photo of the shocking incident has gone viral on social media.
The motorist who spotted the child, Cory Cannon of Eatontown, told the Asbury Park Press he spotted the toddler crawling across the road in Lakewood at around 5 p.m.
"I thought it was a toy or something until she moved," he told the newspaper. "I knew I needed to get some sort of proof and my GPS was open on my phone, so I used my work vehicle to slow down traffic behind me and took the pic as I was exiting the vehicle and halting oncoming cars."
Cannon said he then watched a neighbor come out to the street and return the baby to her home.
He then posted a now-deleted photo to Facebook of the child, which has since gone viral on social media with people sharing and commenting on the stunning sight.
Lakewood police told NJ.com the family had no idea the child had gotten out of the home, and that a door may have been left open by an older sibling.
The mayor of Lakewood, Ray Coles, told the Asbury Park Press that workers from the state child welfare organization have also been in contact with the baby's family.
"Anytime you have a child that’s endangered they get involved to make sure the child is safe," he told the news outlet.
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It’s a good thing the driver was not Peter Singer.
A similar case happened here a year or so ago.
Mother was a meth/crack head...............
Brett Kavanaugh was babysitting at the time. /s Sorry, couldn’t resist.
“prompts investigation”
An investigation/ Ya think? Gosh, I saw that pic and my heart skipped a beat or two.
I would like to think that, while this person was taking the time to take a photo, others were in the process of grabing the kid and stopping traffic.
And the road is curved at that point, making it harder for drivers to respond in time.
Re: I would like to think that, while this person was taking the time to take a photo, others were in the process of grabing the kid and stopping traffic.—me
Guess I should have read the article first...
“The motorist who spotted the child, Cory Cannon of Eatontown, told the Asbury Park Press he spotted the toddler crawling across the road in Lakewood at around 5 p.m.
“I thought it was a toy or something until she moved,” he told the newspaper. “I knew I needed to get some sort of proof and my GPS was open on my phone, so I used my work vehicle to slow down traffic behind me and took the pic as I was exiting the vehicle and halting oncoming cars.”
Cannon said he then watched a neighbor come out to the street and return the baby to her home.”
"I knew I needed to get some sort of proof and my GPS was open on my phone, so I used my work vehicle to slow down traffic behind me and took the pic as I was exiting the vehicle and halting oncoming cars." Cannon said he then watched a neighbor come out to the street and return the baby to her home.
Does this make sense to anybody?
No doubt Judge Kavanaugh is behind this too.
From the picture it looks like a fairly decent neighborhood.
No. I would think the stupidest and most hard hearted person in America would stop his car and ump out to pick up the baby and move her to safety, not get out the stupid camera and shoot a photo.
Great that this guy saved her, but to stop and take a photo?
People who live in Newark and Camden visit Lakewood whenever they feel bad about their circumstances.
You never know if someone might accuse him of abducting the child.
Or maybe he picks the child up and is accused of an unwanted groping incident 20 years from now. /sarcasm only off a tiny little bit/
But that is a photoshopped photo... is this a purported photograph of the baby, or just a mock-up?
I’m talking about the incident here, a while back.
Was not in a ‘nice’ neighborhood........
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