A police officer went above and beyond the call of duty to save a baby’s life.Officer
Luisa Fernanda Urrea, who recently became a mom herself, was called to a
scene in a remote forest in Colombia after an abandoned infant was
found. A local woman, Edinora Jimenez, discovered the crying baby in the
undergrowth of the forest. “I was collecting some oranges when I heard
something crying,” Jimenez told a local news source, as reported by the Huffington Post Thursday. She added, “I thought it was a cat until I looked closer and saw that it was a baby girl.”
The infant, who still had part of her umbilical cord attached, was starving and facing hypothermia, so Urrea breastfed her,
saving her life. “I’m a new mother and I have milk, and I recognized
the needs that this poor little creature had,” Urrea told the local
news. “I think any woman would have given her nourishment in the same
circumstances.”
The
Colombian Family Welfare Institute is now caring for the infant while
it finds an adoptive home for her. In the meantime, police are searching
for the mother, who may face criminal charges. Orphanage director Jhon
Arley Murillo said, “We could be dealing with a case of attempted
homicide, although it’s the prosecutor who will decide the charge.”
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