There’s something about cops protecting babies that sticks you right in the heart. Here is another story of a local LEO who rescued a child in distress for this week’s Feel-Good Friday—with a twist that gives you even more of The Feels!
Gene Eyster, a retired police lieutenant, cannot drive past one specific apartment complex here without reliving that strange day 24 years ago.
“That was one of the strangest calls I think I’ve ever had: ‘We have a found baby in a box,'” Eyster, a 47-year veteran of the department, told CBS News. “You always wonder, what happened?”
On December 22, 2000, the South Bend Police Department received a call about a crying baby from a resident who lived near the Park Jefferson Apartment complex. Responding officers found the baby boy lying in a box in the hallway and took him to the hospital. The officers contacted then-Sergeant Eyster, who was part of…
