Baby girl left in drop-off box installed by Indiana teen – By Allen Cone (UPI) / Jan 25 2020
Jan. 25 (UPI) — Less than one year after a teenager earned $10,000 to install a Safe Haven Baby Box, a baby girl was dropped off in the container at a fire station in southern Indiana.
Hunter Wart, 19, took one year to raise the money mowing lawns and scrapping metal as a senior project at Columbus North High School, which is 45 miles south of Indianapolis.
The box was installed at the Seymour Fire Station after the city of Columbus turned down the offer.
“I hope no babies get surrendered but at the end of the day if we save one life it is worth it,” Mayor Craig Leudeman said at the dedication of the box on June 14.
On Thursday afternoon, a baby girl was dropped off. Firefighters received the alert from the box and transported her to the hospital. The girl, who has been named Mia, will then be turned over to Child Protective Services for adoption. It wasn’t revealed whether the baby was a newborn.
“We took custody of the baby immediately,” Seymour Fire Chief Brad Lucas told WAVE-TV. “I’m happy the guys were here. They knew what to do. They performed as they should perform, and the system just worked perfectly.”
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