After saving the newborn from inside a garbage bag, Samuel da Silva dos Santos, a rescue professional, wants to adopt it: ‘I will wait for all the procedures to file the order’
He thought it was a discarded doll, but it was a girl. A sweeper of He had an unforgettable surprise on Tuesday (1) when he found a newborn alive in the middle of a trash pile. The image of Samuel da Silva dos Santos while holding the baby wrapped in a pink blanket on a street full of debris in the northern part of the city viralized on the internet. Caused reactions of indignation among the cariocas.
“It’s very exciting, because it’s a warrior, right, man? She was born again,” Samuel told tears to AFP. Police are investigating the girl’s identity and those who abandoned her at the scene, according to the Brazilian press. Samuel called the police and the agents took the baby to the maternity Herculano Pinheiro, in the neighborhood of Madureira, for medical care. According to the hospital reported this afternoon, the girl’s picture is considered “stable”.
“I can’t imagine the desperation that led to this decision,” said a user on social network X. “Mercy Lord! How does anyone do this with his own son?” Asked another. THE Samuel and a co -worker found the baby in a bag between the waste in a dumpster. It was over 2 pm and the end of a frantic workday was approaching.
At first she did not react. “When my friend Samuel took her in the arm. I think she felt more welcomed, right? […] She felt a little warmer, ”said Gari Anderson Mendes Nunes.” That’s when she started to open her eyes, “he added.
I want to tell the story of how it was found, so that it is not lost in the world. But for now, I will expect all the procedures to file the request, ”said Samuel.
“We usually work in the rush [recolhendo lixo]with shovel, with these things […] I think it could have been even worse, ”said Samuel, who has three children and wants to adopt the little survivor. The episode remembered another incident that occurred 18 years ago, when he found the body of a baby in the trash.” I will come to adopt, “Samuel said.” She needs someone who gives love, who gives affection. “
*With information from AFP
Posted by Victor Oliveira
