A Texas boy had an unusual wish for his tenth birthday. He finally got to meet the firefighter who saved him as a baby.
According to an article in the Huffington Post, Koregan Quintanilla was abandoned at the fire station as an infant. Under the 2002 Texas' Baby Moses law, a parent is allowed to "leave an unharmed infant up to 60 days old at a fire station or hospital with no questions asked."
The baby is then taken into custody by Child Protective Services. Other U.S. states have similar laws, though Texas was one of the first to implement the law in 2001. Since 2009, 43 babies are said to have been 'dropped off' this way.
Firefighter Wesley Keck was equally excited to see the boy that he brought in from the cold one November morning.
"I announced that somebody had left us a gift," said Keck. "I checked him out, and he seemed fine. I don't remember him crying. I held him, and he slept a lot...I have four kids, and some of the other firefighters are fathers, so taking care of babies wasn't new to us."
Koregan's adoptive mother, Rebecca Quintanilla, organized the reunion for her son who has always known his origins.
A happy ending all around. Is this an ideal service to provide for parents who maybe aren't fit to look after their babies?
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