Last week, I have seen videos of laughing babies on the early evening news. They are so cute to watch so I have thought of blogging about them. However, at that time, my PC is not working because of what I perceive as a hardware conflict.
So as soon as my PC has started to work again, I have searched for the video in You Tube but as I search, a video about a miracle baby in Haiti has struck me instead. According to the caption in the video, it is alleged that the mother has thrown the baby in a latrine to die. When I look up the meaning of latrine in the dictionary, it says that it is a communal toilet in a military base.
The baby is covered with dark mud all over the body. It seems that the baby has been submerged in a flood of dirty mud. It is truly a miracle that the poor crying infant has survived such an ordeal. I wonder what could have caused such a ruthless act. Could it be extreme poverty? Conception that has resulted from sexual abuse? Whatever it is, intentional killing of a human infant is never an option.
The video seems to be a segment from a local news broadcast in Haiti. Most of the conversation is in their language so I could not follow the details but in a portion where the female anchor has spoken in English, she is commending the man who has rescued the baby and has called him a hero.
I agree that such a man is a hero. He has saved a helpless baby from sure death. The video has not named the rescuer but whoever he is, he is truly amazing.
That's just sick! (I mean the mom of that infant). I would understand whatever her reason was, but it could have been better to have the child adopted rather than killing it... :( Indeed a hero and a miracle baby.
ReplyDeleteYes, Mars, it's so sad... At least, the baby has survived... I think that's the most important thing...
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