A two-day-old girl was placed in a Safe Haven Baby Box at a Kokomo, Indiana fire station on July 17, marking the fifth baby safely surrendered in the state this year.
are thanking a mother for safely surrendering her 2-day-old baby to the department's Safe Haven Baby Box.
Kokomo Fire Department said its 2nd Platoon was working when the newborn girl was placed into the box installed at the station on West Superior Street on July 17, setting off alarms and alerting the crew. Firefighter James Shaffer arrived at the box first and took care of the little girl until St. Vincent Ascension medics arrived."While we will never know your full story that led you to this point in life.
Kokomo Firefighter James Shaffer was the first person to find the two-day-old girl once alarms alerted the crew to a baby placed in the station's box.is to provide a safe outlet for people wanting to anonymously surrender their baby in hopes of combating abandonment. The box where the baby was surrendered was installed on June 11, 2020, Safe Haven Baby Boxes told FOX 59. Over 100 Baby Boxes have been installed in the state since 2017, and Monday's surrender was the fifth time boxes in the Hoosier State have been utilized this year.
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