One of the men who rescued a baby left to die in the dumpster was the boy?s father and he?s determined to raise the infant.
The 29-year-old woman, who allegedly stuffed her newborn in a garbage bag, didn?t know she was pregnant until giving birth, and neither did the baby?s father, who leapt into the dumpster to save him.
?My first thought seeing the baby there was disgust,? said the 28-year-old man, who can?t be named to protect the infant?s identity.
?I just thought ?we?ve got to get that baby out of here? and I didn?t know CPR.?
The man said there was no way to tell his girlfriend of four years was pregnant because she?s heavy set and always had ?a bit of a belly.?
Hours before he found his son in a dumpster in a condo complex at 501 40 Ave. N.W., his girlfriend complained of having cramps and diarrhea.
He went to work, he said ?but I had a bad feeling, that I had to go home? and came back to the condo for lunch.
After they were alerted by a woman passerby, another neighbour said he helped the unsuspecting dad tear open the garbage bag to free the infant, who was suffering from hypothermia but is now in stable condition in hospital.
The woman is facing charges of attempted murder, child abandonment and failing to provide the necessaries of life.
The man only found out the baby he?d helped rescue was his son when told by police on Tuesday night.
?It was the most shocking thing I?ve ever encountered in my life ? to find that out from police is not something I?d ever expected to happen,? he said.
?I?m not happy with her but I?m not angry, either ? I want to make sure she gets the help she needs.?
As he met with provincial Children and Youth Services officials about the case, the man also said he?ll ?do everything I can to get the baby back, she wants it as well.?
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