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Sunday, January 29, 2006; Posted: 11:49 a.m. EST (16:49 GMT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil ...
Sunday, January 29, 2006; Posted: 11:49 a.m. EST (16:49 GMT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- A baby girl remained hospitalized in good condition Sunday after being thrown into a lake in Brazilian park wrapped inside a plastic bag, doctors said.
The baby, apparently 2 months old, was rescued Saturday afternoon by a couple who heard her crying in the Pampulha Lagoon in Belo Horizonte, a city about 500 kilometers (300 miles) northeast of Sao Paulo.
Amateur footage broadcast on Brazilian TV showed rescuers using a long tree branch to pull the black plastic bag out of the water. They opened the bag and found the girl -- wearing a pink dress -- soaked inside.
"I heard what sounded like a cat," Jose da Cruz told Globo TV. "Then the noise was increasing and it caught my attention."
A small wooden board inside the bag apparently kept it from submerging.
"She is in good condition," Dr. Claudia Guimaraes said. "It's a miracle she survived the heat and somehow didn't drown."
Authorities had no leads on why the baby was thrown in the lagoon.
The Pampulha Lagoon is in downtown Belo Horizonte, in one of the city's most famous parks, often crowded with weekend visitors.
This particular report didn't give mention that the mother had been found, but a couple of the articles i read yesterday had.
If you check out the url, a video is available of the baby being discovered by some men..
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Dozens of people mobbed a hospital in southeastern Brazil on Monday hoping to adopt or just catch a glimpse of a 2-month-old girl found abandoned in a plastic bag floating in a lake, authorities said.
The Odilion Behrens Municipal Hospital had received more than 100 offers to adopt the infant, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Crowds have mobbed the hospital in Belo Horizonte, about 300 miles north of Rio de Janeiro, ever since the baby's rescue Saturday was filmed by an amateur video cameraman and broadcast on international television.
Minas Gerais state police Inspector Helcio Sa Bernandes said the baby's mother, arrested Sunday, had been charged with attempted homicide for putting the baby into the plastic bag, setting it on a board and pushing it into the lake.
The mother, Simone Cassiano da Silva, 27, has denied throwing the girl into the lake. She claimed she gave the baby to a group of homeless people because she did not have enough money to raise the child.
"That's just a lie to mislead the police," Bernardes said in a telephone interview.
The video footage broadcast on Brazilian television showed rescuers using a tree branch to pull the black plastic bag out of the water. They opened the bag and found the girl wearing a pink dress.
"I heard what sounded like a cat," Jose da Cruz told Globo TV. "Then the noise was increasing and it caught my attention."
The wooden board attached to the bag apparently kept it from sinking in Pampulha lake in downtown Belo Horizonte.
Hospital officials said the baby was in good health and was expected to be released Monday. Officials hoped to turn her over to authorities because the crowds outside the hospital were interfering with hospital operations.
With thanks to fairdame for this find.
Out of the gloom a voice spake unto me. 'Smile and be happy, Things could get worse."
So I smiled and was happy, and behold... Things did get worse.
1st-February-2006
