Heroic Chicago Man Saves Baby Abandoned By Carjacker In 92-Degree Heat

[Sugar Cookie]

A heroic Chicago man rescued a 7-month-old girl abandoned after a carjacking in the sweltering heat— then tracked down the baby’s relatives using social media, authorities said Thursday.

Earl Abernathy, 33, was stuck in traffic on July 3 when he heard the infant crying and spotted her alone on the steps of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in the city’s Little Italy neighborhood.

“I saw the baby like, trying to wiggle [her] way out of the car seat and it tipped over,” Abernathy told kget.com “So, I just threw the hazards on, jumped out, ran over there [and] got the baby!”

The little girl had been in the backseat of a vehicle stolen from a nearby gas station earlier that day — then ditched by a carjacker in 92-degree heat, the Chicago Sun Times reported.

Abernathy called police and went on Facebook Live to track down the baby’s family, and quickly got messages from people who recognized her.

“It was crazy,” Abernathy said. “Within minutes, the grandma had inboxed me like, ‘That’s my grandbaby!’ And then the auntie inboxed like, ‘That’s my niece!’”

Jeremy Ochoa, 38, was ultimately arrested for the carjacking and charged kidnapping and vehicular hijacking, according to Chicago cops.

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Heroic Chicago man saves baby abandoned by carjacker in stifling summer heat

“I just threw the hazards on, jumped out, ran over there [and] got the baby!” said Earl Abernathy.

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[BuffettGirl]

That man is a hero!

 

[Alxprkrkrls]

My son is 6 and asks to be left in the car if I’m popping into a shop to grab something or run to the atm and I’m like sorry pal you’re coming with me, I know it’s annoying for both of us. Maybe when he’s 18 I’ll let him wait for me in the car