"Police say Assa Diawara, 30, of Queens, was the woman caught on camera before allegedly abandoning a baby girl who was found alive at Penn Station in Manhattan Monday morning. She was arrested on charges of abandonment of a child and endangering the welfare of a child early Wednesday morning, an update from the New York Police Department said. Police had asked the public for help identifying the woman seen on video carrying the baby."
"Officials were alerted after an anonymous caller reported seeing the baby left unattended on the steps at West 34th Street and 7th Avenue. When first responders from the and NYPD arrived, they found the baby wrapped in a blanket, conscious and alert. The baby was then taken to Bellevue Hospital. Her umbilical cord was still attached, FOX 5 New York reported."
Police charged Assa Diawara, 30, of Queens, with abandonment of a child and endangering the welfare of a child after a newborn girl was found alive at Penn Station. The infant was discovered around 9:30 a.m. Monday on the stairway to the southbound No. 1, 2, and 3 trains at 34th Street-Penn Station after an anonymous caller reported the child unattended. First responders and NYPD found the baby wrapped, conscious, and alert; the infant was taken to Bellevue Hospital with the umbilical cord still attached. Police released video and sought public assistance identifying the woman. New York’s Safe Haven Law permits legal surrender at designated locations.
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