Firefighter Adopts Baby Left at Station

Chris and Janae Martinez struggled with infertility for fifteen long years.  Finally, they completed certification to become foster parents, but weeks later their lives changed forever.  A mother left her newborn infant, cord still attached inside a Safe Haven Baby Box at the Belen, New Mexico fire station where Chris is a firefighter.  The baby was blue, so he and his fellow firefighters gave him oxygen and warmed him.  Little Mikel lived in the NICU for a month, but the Martinez couple remained a daily presence at his side.  Finally, the day came when Chris and Janae officially adopted Mikel as their own.  Safe Haven Baby Boxes provide a no questions asked, safe environment to leave a child.  Babies left there can then be legally adopted into loving and waiting arms.