More evidence of the horrifying evil that exists in this world: A living, breathing infant in China was flushed down a toilet like human waste.
https://twitter.com/politicsofamy/status/339393102647283712
But thankfully, this story has a miraculous ending.
After hearing the sound of the baby boy crying, neighbors called firefighters to the scene where they spotted his foot in the sewer pipe. Unable to dislodge the infant, rescue workers cut out a section and brought him to the hospital where medics and firefighters carefully freed him. The placenta was reportedly still attached to the infant.
The baby boy survived the ordeal and is being nursed back to health in the hospital. Actress Patricia Heaton offered a prayer for the precious little boy.
God bless and protect this precious child:http://t.co/CTC35fBlPt
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) May 28, 2013
Amen. He’s going to need all the blessings and protection possible.
The nurse added that the mother of the baby has been found and is currently with her child in hospital.
They said: ‘The mother has been found. She is right now in the hospital. I heard she is a 22 year-old single woman. I don’t know the reason she abandoned the baby.
Amazing photos and video:
http://t.co/CEFYtLV8wi
This baby was flushed down a toilet in China yesterday. Firemen had to… http://t.co/JTtq3w6eKT— David Michael Rudder (@DavidRudder) May 28, 2013
PHOTO: China newborn rescued from toilet pipe. Story here: http://t.co/cFeUiQA4Ml pic.twitter.com/B2rV7k7aH3 | via @AFP
— GMA News (@gmanews) May 28, 2013
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Safe and warm, miracle baby who was plucked ALIVE from a toilet pipe after being … #MailOnline http://t.co/0ijqik0DJx pic.twitter.com/eafU53DTnw
— Ben’s Smiley Breakfast Egg (@xCountMeInx) May 28, 2013
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An incredible rescue, but an infuriating crime.
OMG, this is unthinkable. Thankfully it has a good ending but what kind of animals flush a live baby down toilet? http://t.co/liWyW4ltQX
— cosmoscon (@gdthomp01) May 28, 2013
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Sadly, this kind of horror is encouraged by a culture that devalues life and treats children as disposable. Many Twitter users wonder if China’s one-child policy played a role.
#Chinese #baby is rescued ALIVE from toilet pipe after being flushed away by #parents – Miracle! Consequence of the one-child policy? #China
— Stuart J. Hooper (@StuartJHooper) May 28, 2013
Just seen about the baby who was chucked down the sewer. Surely it's time to critique China's one-child policy?
— Aaron Jackman (@tokennolonger) May 28, 2013
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Fuck China's one child policy. RT @Rare Baby Flushed Down Toilet Found Alive In Sewage Pipe #tcot http://t.co/WiwR70KgNv
— L.M.Whistleblower (@laurenmarie10) May 28, 2013
Paging Joe Biden: Are you still “not second-guessing” China’s one-child policy because you “fully understand” it?
Remember @JoeBiden "understands" Chicomm one child policy MT @thekelliejane: Baby survives Chinese toilet. http://t.co/VK5EdsofHp
— Allan (@UnrealAllan) May 28, 2013
Update:
OMG MT @theinquisitr The Chinese baby rescued from sewage pipe fell in by accident during birth, Mother told police. pic.twitter.com/70a2Kx2l2X
— Kristi Assange. Ω (@AltAnalyst) May 29, 2013
The mother, who has not been named, reportedly told police she unexpectedly gave birth on the toilet and that the baby slipped in to the sewer.
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The mother did not think she could afford to look after the baby, so she did not tell anyone that the baby was hers, reports Xinhua. She went to work after he had been rescued and only admitted the baby was hers when confronted by police later.
Police are continuing to investigate whether the incident was an accident or the result of a deliberate act, reports Xinhua.
https://twitter.com/NaBihah_a/status/339663638933692416
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