{"id":285270,"date":"2023-02-15T16:44:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T22:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=285270"},"modified":"2023-02-14T20:42:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T02:42:35","slug":"baby-box-kentucky-saved-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/baby-box-kentucky-saved-life\/","title":{"rendered":"First baby saved with newly-installed Safe Haven Baby Box in Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A baby was anonymously surrendered at a Safe Haven Baby Box in Kentucky last week, less than two months<\/a> after the box’s installation.<\/p>\n

The Safe Haven Baby Box organization installs monitored, temperature-controlled, alarmed boxes where parents can safely and anonymously surrender a child, per each state’s safe haven law. The boxes are installed in places like fire stations, police stations, or hospitals so that emergency responders can tend to the infant immediately.<\/p>\n

Monica Kelsey, founder of the Safe Haven Baby Box organization, held a press conference to discuss the surrender, which happened at the baby box in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She noted that first responders tended to the child within 90 seconds of the baby’s surrender.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis child was left safely and legally in this baby box so that the baby could be pulled from the other side by the firefighter,\u201d Kelsey said. \u201cThe fire department did exactly what they were trained to do, and it worked flawlessly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelsey also spoke out with a message for the mother and\/or father who surrendered the child.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for doing what you felt you could for the life of this child,\u201d said Kelsey. \u201cThis baby is healthy. This baby is beautiful. This baby is perfect. And the Department of Child Services is now looking for a forever home for this family\u2026 If this parent is out there and they want the resources of counseling or medical care, it is available for you at no cost.\u201d<\/p>\n