Whenever stories of infant babies being abandoned hit the news circuit, I think it's safe to say we all have the same reaction: What kind of person would do that? There are few things more heartbreaking on this Earth than hearing about a precious few-days-old baby left alone to die. But imagine being the person, or people, who stumble upon a newborn left alone on the side of the road? Dear God, I can't think of anything more horrifying. Unfortunately, it just happened this week -- and Polish soldiers in Afghanistan were the ones to find the child. The troops approached a small bundle on the side of the road in a particularly barren area and thought it might be an improvised explosive device (IED) ... but it turned out to be a tiny baby girl, alive and wrapped in a towel.
The troops immediately took the 2-day-old to the medical center at their base, and gave her the name Pola, after their country. Soldiers were sent out to buy formula, a bottle, and a bib for the little girl. Despite the horrific ordeal she's been through, she's currently doing okay.
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Wow.
Without a doubt, the men and women serving in the military are some of the most respected people in the world. Not everyone could do what they do. But I think we forget or, more so, can't comprehend some of the atrocities they must witness on a daily basis. I mean, could you imagine finding a 2-day-old child left to die in the middle of nowhere? Thankfully (hopefully), that's not something most of us ever have to worry about encountering -- soldiers, however, do. The troops who found this baby and brought her to safety aren't just heroes for fighting for their country, they're guardian angels sent to protect Pola.
What do you think of this?
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May God Bless this precious child, and watch over her until she finds a family who will take her<3
Girl children are worthless in Afghan culture. So happy to hear she was found alive, and I wish her a long, happy life.
june, your comment is disgusting.
God Bless the soldiers that found this baby girl bundle....knowing it could have been an explosive device which could have taken them out; instead they bravely saved this little one. Hopefully she will be placed in a safe and secure home with a family that will give her all she deserves.
They found the bay for a reason: GOD. In a war stricken world, things like this shed a ray of faith and hope in humanity. The mother or relatives of this child probably had to have faith that someone would find her, maybe specifically, the soldiers, and provide what they can't. Pola is a blessing to everyone.
I don't think they left her behind for being a girl, they left her behind because they could not care for her.
Well baby girls has never been that important. So it is no wonder, and not surprising that she was cast on the side of the road. Now, 20 years from now we will read of the hardship she will have endured, that is if she is abled to survive that long, before she is raped by the age of five or put into prositition by the age of six. Or even killed for trying to defend herself against some male dogmatic belief.