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Baby Left In Dumpster Rescued By Hero Construction Worker

How This Newborn Was Saved After Being Left In A Dumpster
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A Texas construction worker was taking out the trash early Tuesday morning when he found a newborn baby in the dumpster.

"I opened a white plastic garbage bag and saw the baby," Carlos Michel, the 51-year-old grandfather who discovered the baby, told Fox affiliate KRIV. "He was cold. Maybe hours old."

Michel had his supervisor call 911 and took the child into a car to warm it up until paramedics arrived, ABC affiliate KTRK reports. The baby’s color and breathing improved quickly, and he is now in good condition at Hermann Hospital near Houston.

A 16-year-old identified by police as the child's mother was admitted to an area hospital after she confessed to abandoning the child in the dumpster, the Houston Chronicle reports. Because the mother is a minor, police aren’t releasing specific details about her. Charges will be determined after she is released from the hospital.

The Houston Chronicle notes the child will be taken into the care of the Child Protective Services.

As local outlets have been noting, Texas law allows for parents to leave a baby at a hospital, police station, fire station or emergency medical services station without facing any criminal charges. The "Baby Moses Law" allows infants up to 60 days old to be given to any employee who works at one of these designated "Safe Havens."

For more images from this story, visit The Houston Chronicle.

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Pamela Rauseo Performs CPR(01 of06)
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Pamela Rauseo performs CPR on her nephew, 5-month-old Sebastian de la Cruz, on the side of Florida state road 836 in Miami. The infant had stopped breathing. At right is Lucila Godoy, who stopped her car to help. (credit:Al Diaz/Miami Herald/MCT via Getty Images)
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Rescuers assist Pamela Rauseo, center, who performed CPR on her 5-month-old nephew on the side of the road in Florida on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. At right is Lucila Godoy, who stopped her car to help. At left is Sweetwater, Fla., officer Amauris Bastidas who also stopped to the aide the baby. (credit:Al Diaz/Miami Herald/MCT via Getty Images)
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Pamela Rauseo performs CPR on her nephew, 5-month-old Sebastian de la Cruz, after pulling over on a Florida road. At right is Lucila Godoy, who stopped her car to assist in the rescue. At left is Sweetwater, Fla., officer Amauris Bastidas, who also stopped to aide the baby. (credit:Al Diaz/Miami Herald/MCT via Getty Images)
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A distraught Pamela Rauseo reacts after performing CPR on her nephew, 5-month-old Sebastian de la Cruz, who stopped breathing. Rauseo performed CPR after pulling her SUV over on the side of the road along Florida state road 836 on, Feb. 20, 2014, in Miami. (credit:Al Diaz/Miami Herald/MCT via Getty Images)
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Sweetwater, Fla., police officer Amauris Bastidas helps with the rescue of 5-month-old, Sebastian de la Cruz, who stopped breathing. At center, the baby's aunt, Pamela Rauseo, 37, performed CPR after pulling her SUV over on the side of the road along Florida state road 836 in Miami on Feb. 20, 2014. At right is Lucila Godoy, who stopped her car to assist in the rescue. (credit:Al Diaz/Miami Herald/MCT via Getty Images)
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Miami-Dade Fire paramedic Lt. Alvaro Tonanez helps in the rescue of 5-month-old Sebastian de la Cruz, who stopped breathing. At right, the baby's aunt, Pamela Rauseo, performed CPR after pulling over on the side of the road along Florida state road 836 in Miami on Feb. 20, 2014. At left is Lucila Godoy, who stopped her car to assist with CPR. (credit:Al Diaz/Miami Herald/MCT via Getty Images)
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