An infant was left in a Michigan City Safe Haven Baby Box late Tuesday night. Emergency responders were dispatched to the Coolspring Township Volunteer Fire Department at 10:24 p.m. after receiving an alert from the box.
Coolspring Fire Chief Mick Pawlik arrived at the station within five minutes and found the newborn infant.
"I just opened (the box), and that baby looked me right in the eyes," Pawlik told reporters at a Wednesday news conference. "I just wanted to pick the baby up and start holding it."
When the ambulance arrived, Pawlik and Assistant Chief Warren, by law, had to ride along to Franciscan St. Anthony's Hospital in Michigan City.
"Him and I were like proud papas in the back of this ambulance," said Pawlik.