{"id":295259,"date":"2023-07-24T12:30:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=295259"},"modified":"2023-07-22T15:51:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T20:51:52","slug":"driving-instructor-toddler-baby-abandoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/driving-instructor-toddler-baby-abandoned\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving instructor rescues baby and toddler abandoned behind high school"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A driving instructor who just happened to stop by a high school, which was closed for the summer, is now being hailed as a hero for rescuing two abandoned children: a baby and a toddler.<\/p>\n<p>John Belyea stopped by Lamphere High School in Madison Heights, Michigan \u2014 a meeting spot for Official Driving School. He was preparing to switch out students during a session and he went to use the restroom. But then he heard a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2023\/07\/20\/that-sounds-like-a-baby-man-discovers-2-infants-abandoned-behind-high-school-in-madison-heights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strange sound<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I came over here (toward the entrance), I\u2019m listening, it\u2019s a weird noise like two cats fighting,\u201d he told ClickOnDetroit. \u201cSomething\u2019s wrong. So I started making loud noises trying to scare them off, and I\u2019m like, wait a minute, that\u2019s not cats. I\u2019m thinking, \u2018That sounds like a baby.\u2019 &#8230; I didn\u2019t see nothing, and so I walked over where I heard the noise from over in the corner and around behind the wall and that&#8217;s where the two infants were at.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/87ibhfkOAcc\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That was when he saw the two children. The baby had been left in a car seat with a blanket on top, and the toddler is said to be one or two years old. There was a note left with the children, but police have not released information regarding what was written in that note.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one that was screaming, I want to say, kind of saved her brother, sister, or whoever because if I don&#8217;t hear that noise, I don\u2019t go over around here and see them,\u201d Belyea said. \u201cI know whoever did this they were in a bad situation, and I also feel bad for the young kids because I don\u2019t know how long they were there for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mom-twin-killing-each-other-womb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doctors said her babies were \u2018killing each other\u2019 in the womb. She refused to give up.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Belyea called 911 immediately, and both children were taken to the hospital. Police have since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2023\/07\/20\/woman-20-arrested-after-infant-toddler-found-near-dumpsters-behind-madison-heights-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a> a 20-year-old woman in connection with the case, but have not said if she is the mother of either of the children. Police did say the parents of the children had been located.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan&#8217;s Safe Haven law allows newborns to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mdhhs\/safety-injury-prev\/safe-delivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">safely relinquished<\/a> if they are less than three days old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A driving instructor who just happened to stop by a high school, which was closed for the summer, is now being hailed as a hero for rescuing two abandoned children: a baby and a toddler. 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