Miracle baby was rescued ALIVE after being dumped in a storm drain in South Africa
The baby was left in the drain in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Charmaine Keevy, 63, was out for an early morning walk when she made the find
Police said the baby could The newborn baby was suffering hypothermia and respiratory problems The Newborn was abandoned naked six feet underground in a freezing storm water drain in the middle of stinging red ants.
Charmaine Keevy, 63, was out for an early morning walk with her dog in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, when it suddenly started barking loudly at a drain duct in the gutter.She got on her hands and knees heared a baby crying from inside the drain.
Charmaine began stopped a car passing by as Cornie Viljoen, 60, pulled over. Cornie grabbed a steel bar from the boot of his car and managed to move the heavy concrete slab covering the storm water drain free. Cornie went six feet down into the drain and was stung by the ants but was able to grab the baby. The police and an ambulance arrived quickly and paramedics treated the baby at the scene for hypothermia and she was rushed to the Dora Nginza Hospital. The Provincial Health Spokeswoman Sizwe Kupelo said the newly born was found naked with the umbilical cord still attached.
Charmaine who found the baby on her morning walk explained:'I honestly believe I was meant to find that baby by God as I usually take a different route on my dog walk but for some reason went another way.
'I cannot help but feel that there is some sort of a plan and a purpose for that little girls' life – it is a miracle without a doubt.
The hospital staff in Port Elizabeth named her Grace April. The baby weighed in at 3.09kg and the police are trying to locate the mother.
It was estimated she had been lying abandoned for a couple of hours and was near to hypothermia.
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