The New York Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman seen on surveillance video before a newborn baby was left in a Manhattan subway station.
Police on Tuesday released video that shows the woman carrying the infant, who was wrapped in a blanket, on Oct. 20. Investigators say she later entered Penn Station and left the child on a staircase leading to a subway platform.
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The baby was taken to a local hospital, where the child’s condition was described as stable.
In a statement obtained by WABC, New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow called the discovery the “Miracle on 34th Street,” and thanked responding NYPD officers for caring for the newborn.
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Under New York’s Safe Haven law, a parent may legally and anonymously surrender a newborn up to 30 days old without facing prosecution, but only if the child is left in a safe, designated location such as a hospital, staffed police station or firehouse.
