Firefighters in Nebraska’s capital city were surprised Saturday morning to find a newborn baby on the doorstep of the station.
The boy, who was only a few hours old, was found at the front door of OFD station no. 21 around 5 a.m. local time, Omaha Fire Battalion Chief Coby Werner said, according to NBC affiliate WOWT and ABC affiliate KETV.
A group of firefighters found the box after leaving the station to investigate who had rang their doorbell, Omaha World-Herald reported.
“It seemed like the box was moving a little bit,” Werner told KETV. “So they looked in the box and found the baby.”
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The child was transported to the Nebraska Medical Center so doctors could examine him, according to WOWT and World-Herald.
Lt. Neal Bonacci of the Omaha Police Department said local authorities do not plan to investigate or prosecute the case, according to World-Herald.
OFD and the Omaha Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.
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In 2008, Nebraska passed a safe haven law that allows anyone of any age to legally surrender a child 30 days old or younger in a hospital. Delivery must also be done in person.
In some states, babies can be surrendered at fire stations. But Nebraska is not one of those states.
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However, OFD members sympathize with the situation.
“You know, the most important thing is that, yes, the baby was safe and sound,” Werner told KETV, adding that we hope the child’s story “has a very happy ending.”
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