This brings one to a 1989 story when a Santa Ana police officer Michael Buelna (right) found an abandoned newly-born baby in a garbage dumpster. But for the officer’s kindness, the baby could have died from exposures to the elements, dehydration or starvation. And now a 25-year-old man, Robin Barton (left) met recently with the police officer in an emotional reunion.
According to the AP, Buelna was on duty in November 1989 when he heard a faint sound coming from a trash bin. Buelna started shifting through the trash and discovered a baby, his umbilical cord still attached. The child was just four hours old and weighed 4 pounds, 2 ounces.
"He still had all the mucus and stuff, and all the trash and gravel was sticking to him," Buelna said. "I tried to give him a tiny little bit of breath, and he reacted a little bit."
Buelna wanted to adopt the boy, but another Orange County family stepped in first. They named him Robin Barton. Officers released a sketch of Barton's 19-year-old biological mother, later identified as Sarina Diaz, to the public. She was arrested and later sentenced to three years in prison for child endangerment and attempted murder.
KCBS-TV reports that news of the reunion led Barton's biological father to come forward. The two met Sunday, and Barton learned from Marcos Meza that his biological mother moved to Mexico after serving her sentence and wants to see him.
Meza said he had an affair with Barton's 19-year-old biological mother and only found out Barton had been abandoned in a dumpster when police questioned him. Meza said he has been searching for his son for years.
"It's a dream" to meet his son, he said.
Barton said he hopes that meeting his biological mother will also provide closure. "I'm not angry or upset with her, and I forgive her because she was a young woman in a very compromising position," he said.
8 comments:
What an emotional meeting between the young man and his benefactor. I guess it was Fate working here. I bet neither the baby mama nor the baby daddy could have provided the kid with the good things he has going for him now.
A very sad and touching but quiet preventable situation. Sex-education please!
All that matters to me in this touching story is that it has a happy ending.
Yes, women need to think of the consequences of unprotected sex. And not only to prevent unwanted kids but also STDs. Why wreck your life for a few seconds "fun"?
A big lesson for those who oppose sex-ed in schools. They will rather have us witness this kind of mess. Fortunately, this has a happy ending.
What a nice young man that could have been unnecessarily wasted by ignorance. God bless the cop!
Very touching story. Thanks God for a happy ending. And fellow women, please think before you spread your itchy legs wide open!
Poor girl! She was an illegal immigrant and I guess she must have freaked out when she got pregnant. Only God knew what she must have endured while carrying the pregnancy and trying to survive economically at the same time. And when the baby came, she probably panicked. My sympathy goes to her. Yes, she could have had a protected sex. But who really knew how the sex happened between her and the baby father?
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