Newborn Baby Girl Found Alive in Dumpster
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A newborn baby girl was found alive last night inside a Dumpster in Queens, where she had been left wrapped in a blanket and enclosed inside a paper bag, police said.
Police said a group of teenagers riding skateboards near the location of the Dumpster, at 93–18 Lamont Ave. in the residential neighborhood of Elmhurst, a section of Queens, had discovered the baby after hearing her cries.
The teenagers called 911, and the baby was taken to Elmhurst Hospital.
The infant was found at around 8 p.m. last night, and police said she was estimated to be about two hours old. She was in stable condition, despite below-freezing temperatures at the hospital as of yesterday evening.
There was no information about who left the baby, police said.
