A viral Facebook Live video captured the immediate aftermath of a 14-year-old teen handing a newborn baby to a Jersey City restaurant patron Wednesday afternoon.
“What’s up live? Wow, I cannot believe what just happened at my neighborhood restaurant with my special friend a lady comes in and hands her a baby – apparently a new born – and runs out,” Walter Cocca says in a video that has already amassed 595,000 views as of Friday morning.
“You probably won’t believe this, this is crazy, we’re having lunch and a woman left her baby … A woman leaves her baby as we are sitting having lunch.”
Cocca was at El Patron restraurant, located at 1710 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, when a 14-year-old teen unexpectedly dropped off the baby.
Jersey City police can be seen responding to the incident and giving the baby oxygen as Alease Scott cradles the infant.
ABC 7 had a chance to speak with the couple and reported that police have since located the mother and both her and her baby are doing okay.
Furthermore, the mother is currently not facing any criminal charges, the TV station reported.