NY police seek woman for questioning after baby is abandoned at Penn
Station subway stop
[October 21, 2025]
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police on Tuesday released images
of a woman wanted for questioning after an infant girl with her
umbilical cord still attached was abandoned at a busy midtown Manhattan
subway station.
The baby was left Monday in a passageway at the 34th Street-Penn Station
subway stop during the typically crowded morning rush hour. The subway
stop is attached to the broader Penn Station complex — the country’s
busiest rail hub, which sits underneath the Madison Square Garden arena. |
This photo taken from surveillance video footage provided by the New
York Police Department, shows a woman who is wanted for questioning
after an infant girl was abandoned at a New York City subway station
Monday, Oct. 20, 2025 in New York. (New York Police Department via AP) |
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Authorities are asking for the public's help in identifying the
woman, who is seen on a 2-second security camera video clip on a
city sidewalk carrying something that appears to be wrapped in a
bundle and holding it like someone would hold a baby. Police are
calling it a case of endangering the welfare of a child.
The infant was found unattended and wrapped in a blanket, police
said. She was taken to a hospital for an evaluation and listed
in stable condition.
Police said they received reports that an unidentified person
left the baby in the station and fled. Officials cordoned off a
section of the passageway and a staircase with yellow tape
afterward.
“I’m calling it the ’Miracle on 34th Street,'" Demetrius
Crichlow, president of New York City Transit, told reporters,
alluding to the classic Christmas movie.
New York has a law that allows a parent to relinquish a newborn
up to 30 days old at a hospital, or staffed police or fire
station without fear of being prosecuted.
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