A New York family who came together by chance 21 years ago has now shared their remarkable story in a children's book.
A man found an abandoned baby in a subway. It led to an unexpected family and a beautiful children's storyBy Marianne Garvey, CNN A New York family who came together by chance 21 years ago has now shared their remarkable story in a children's book.
Pete Mercurio was walking out the door to meet his then-partner Danny Stewart for dinner in August 2000 when his phone rang. It was Stewart, calling to tell him he'd be late. He'd found an abandoned baby in the subway and had called 911 from a payphone.Stewart, a social worker, had spotted a little bundle wrapped in a sweatshirt while walking through an eerily empty station. At first, he thought it was a doll, perhaps left behind by a child, until he saw a tiny leg move.
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