An infant boy, not more than one hour old, has been given a chance at life after he was found by a firefighter on the doorstep of a Greeley fire station Monday night.
Firefighter Bill Boyd said he answered the door around 8 p.m. after the station's doorbell rang and saw a dark car pull out of the parking lot. On the doorstep of the Union Colony Fire station on 10th Street laid a tackle box.
Inside the tackle box, Boyd and the other firefighters found an 8-pound baby boy.
The baby was asleep in the tackle box, wrapped in towels with his umbilical cord still attached to his belly button.
The firefighters brought the infant inside and called an ambulance. The healthy baby boy was taken to North Colorado Medical Center.
The firefighters said this was the first time a baby had been dropped off to them.
Under the Colorado Infant Safe Haven Laws, parents are allowed to leave babies 72 hours or younger at a hospital or fire station and not face any charges.
Since the Safe Haven law began in 2000, there have been 15 babies left at hospitals or fire stations.
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