Hero pit bull
finds newborn
Published in the
NY Post, Oct. 14, 2004:
by Patrick
Gallahue
A newborn baby was
found abandoned on the top floor of
a Brooklyn apartment building - and
a pit bull named Princess is getting
credit for the find.
The dog, a
pit-boxer mix who belongs to
12-year-old Yashmina Williams,
bolted from her fifth floor
apartment in the Red Hook West
Houses and raced to the sixth floor
landing, where she instinctively
warmed the baby by licking it.
The newborn boy's
umbilical cord was still attached.
Williams mother, Tonya Williams,
wrapped him up and called 911.
"I always wanted
to get rid of that dog," Tonya
Williams said. "Now, I'll keep him
as long as I live."
Williams also
offered to adopt the baby.
"I don't want him
to go through the foster-care
system," she said. "He's been
through enough."
The healthy
newborn was taken to Long Island
College Hospital, police said.
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