Newborn baby boy abandoned in drain near Sydney's M7, rescued by cyclists

                                                                              

          The malnourished baby boy was found abandoned at the bottom of a 2.4m drain, covered by a concrete slab, after a cyclist and his daughter heard the baby’s screams early Sunday morning. It took six men, including three police officers, to lift the 200kg slab and rescue the tiny baby, who was still wrapped in his hospital blanket.

       Police were questioning the boy’s 30-year-old-mother, who is expected to be charged with attempted murder.They are still trying to determine exactly when the boy was dumped in the drain, but believe he may have been there since Tuesday. David Otte was cycling on the shared path on the M7 with his 18-year-old daughter Hayley when they heard a strange noise coming from the drain at about 7.30am.“We actually thought it was a kitten at first, but when we went down there we could hear exactly what it was, you could definitely tell it was a baby screaming,” Mr Otte said.“We’re just thinking about the little fella, he’s a beautiful, beautiful baby.”

        Mr Otte and other cyclists quickly contacted police, who rushed to the scene to help with the rescue.Senior Constable Mark McAlister was among the first on the scene and helped to move the slab, before climbing into the drain with another detective to rescue the baby.“It was a bit surreal actually,” Sen Const McAlister said.“How could someone do it? I, myself, have kids and we’re expecting a baby in a few more months so it’s not good that someone’s going through this and has done this to a little one.”Via.dailytelegraph