Artistic Science

killveous:

swiftyuki:

afternoonsnoozebutton:

A pastor in Seoul, South Korea has created a “baby box” for people so that people who would otherwise abandon or kill their newborns can leave them somewhere safe instead. The box has a light, a towel lining, and a bell rings as soon as a baby is placed in it so the pastor, his wife, or one of his staff can come and get it right away.

Lee Jong-rak started the box in 2009, and has welcomed all babies, often disabled or the children of single mothers, that have been placed in the box since. The babies are given a loving home, food, and shelter in his orphanage. Currently, an average of 17-18 babies are placed in the box every month. 

One mother who had considered poisoning her baby before she heard about the Baby Box left her baby in the box with a letter pinned to his clothing that read: 

‘My baby! Mom is so sorry.
I am so sorry to make this decision.
My son! I hope you to meet great parents,
And I am very very sorry.
I don’t deserve to say a word.
sorry, sorry, and I love you my son.
Mom loves you more than anything else.
I leave you here because I don’t know who your father is.
I used to think about something bad but I guess this box is safer for you.
That’s why I decided to leave you here.
My son, Please forgive me.’

- ‘A single mother’s tearful letter’

Lee Jong-rak is the subject of a documentary called “The Drop Box”, which I haven’t seen - but I can recommend this 13 minute Dateline video. You can find the Facebook page for the BabyBox here.

Now tell that to the one found in a frikkin sewer pipe.

HOLD THE FUCK UP.

YOU FOUND A BABY IN A SEWER PIPE? A DEAD BABY. A REAL DEAD BABY IN A PIPE?

WHAT THE FUCK.

do tell us more.

There was an incident in China where a woman heard weird noises in the pipe. She had it inspected, the people cut the pipe and found a two day old baby in the pipe.

It’s alive and was freed by the pipe. As far as people are concerned, it was flushed down a toilet and no one knows why the child was there in the first place, whether or not the woman intentionally tried to commit infanticide or just didn’t realize it was a baby plopped into a toilet when she went to the bathroom.