A newborn baby who was discovered atop a trash can on Chicago's Northwest Side is now hospitalized in critical condition, the Associated Press reports. A passerby found the infant boy and carried him to a fire station Tuesday afternoon, according to Fire Department Deputy Chief Curtis Hudson. Firefighters had to perform CPR to keep the baby alive, a paramedic said at a news conference, according to WGN-TV. The baby was reportedly just hours old and still had an umbilical cord attached. A fire department spokesman said the infant was bleeding and was initially "blue" and "unresponsive" with "no pulse." Firefighters brought the baby to a hospital, where he started "crying and kicking." He was stabilized and later brought to another hospital. "I don't know what it's like to have a child, be pregnant, and be in some horrible circumstances where you are driven to do something like this," Patrick Fitzmaurice, a paramedics field chief, said. "It almost sounds diabolical." Chicago police have yet to determine who left the child on top of the garbage can, although the family of Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui, a missing 19-year-old high school student, believe the baby is hers. The teenager's family has asked authorities to conduct a DNA test. Ochoa-Uriostegui went missing on April 23 and was nine months pregnant. In 2001, Illinois' Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act decriminalized the act of relinquishing any baby up to 30 days old under the condition that the child was surrendered to a hospital, fire station, emergency medical center or police station. Under the law, a parent can reclaim his or her infant within 72 hours if the baby was given to one of the latter three facilities.<doc-sep>EMBED >More News Videos The family of a missing 19-year-old Chicago woman believes a newborn baby found on top of a garbage can in a Humboldt Park alley Tuesday could be her baby. EMBED >More News Videos Two good Samaritans saved a newborn baby with its umbilical cord still attached who was left on a trash can in an alley Tuesday afternoon in Humboldt Park. EMBED >More News Videos 'I don't know what it's like to have a child, be pregnant and be in some horrible circumstance where you are driven to do something like this that almost sounds diabolical. But come to us.' EMBED >More News Videos Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui, 19, was last seen last Tuesday after leaving Latino Youth High School in Pilsen. CHICAGO (WLS) -- The family of a missing 19-year-old Chicago woman believes a newborn baby found on top of a garbage can in a Humboldt Park alley Tuesday could be her baby.Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui was last seen on April 23 after leaving Latino Youth High School in Pilsen. She was nine months pregnant when she went missing and had a May 5 due date.The newborn was just hours old when he was found Tuesday in an alley with his umbilical cord still attached in the 1700-block of North Keystone Avenue. A mom and daughter were walking by when they heard his screams and found him in a canvas shopping bag, fire officials said. They then rushed the baby to a nearby firehouse on Pulaski Road."Why? Why would she, why would somebody do something like this? It's a child," wondered Angelica Mendoza, Humboldt Park resident.At the firehouse, paramedics saved the infant's life, performing CPR and reviving the boy. "The baby was cold as concrete," said CFD Paramedic Field Chief Patrick Fitzmaurice. "I wasn't too optimistic, but like I said to the lieutenant, I wasn't ready to lose this one today, and neither were they and they worked very hard. "They used heating pads and warming blankets immediately, and took him to Norwegian American Hospital in an ambulance with a Chicago police escort, officials said. The newborn's condition was stabilized at Norwegian, and he was crying and kicking. He was transferred to Lurie Children's Hospital for further treatment. "I think maybe they were angels because, you know, if the baby wasn't found maybe for half an hour, one hour later, probably he would die," said Jonathan Rodriguez, Humboldt Park resident.Police have not yet released details on who left the child or why, but want everyone to know there were other options.Meanwhile, Ochoa-Uriostegui's family are calling for a DNA test to be performed to identify whether or not she is the mother of the baby. "If that baby is hers, it's a sign she's alive and is somewhere around here," her mother said Wednesday.However, a DNA test could take days if not weeks.Ochoa-Uriostegu is described as 5'3, with brown hair and brown eyes, and sometimes wears a small nose ring. She was last seen wearing a gray sweater, sweatpants and a maroon top with a Latino Youth High School logo on it.Her husband and father of their 3-year-old son said he believes he was the last one to speak to Uriostegui the day she disappeared, stating he had been texting her throughout the day.Illinois is a state with a Safe Haven Law, meaning anyone can hand over a baby 30 days old or younger that is unharmed to staff at a hospital, police station, or fire department, with no questions asked. "But come to us, man. If she had called 911 we could have taken the baby to one hospital and her to another," said Fitzmaurice. "We don't judge. Take him to a firehouse. Leave the baby there. Give the kid a chance. "Dawn Geras is one of the authors of Illinois' Safe Haven law, and works with desperate mothers facing unwanted pregnancies. The pictures that line her office belong to Safe Haven children. "It has to be a baby 30 days or younger," Geras said. "They can walk away. They don't have to answer any questions. There won't be police coming to look for them. The baby will be loved forever. "Safe Haven babies go directly to adoption agencies so they can quickly find a forever home. Because the baby found in the alley was abandoned illegally, he will go to into the foster system.To contact the Baby Safe Haven Hotline, call 888 510-2229, or you can visit Safe Haven or Safe Haven Abandoned Babies Chicago Police Area North detectives are investigating.<doc-sep>
A newborn baby was found abandoned atop a garbage can in a Chicago alley after neighbors heard the infant’s cries from their apartment Tuesday afternoon, according to reports. A mother and daughter took the hours-old baby to a nearby fire station. The boy's umbilical cord, still attached, was not clamped and he was bleeding, Chicago's WGN-TV reported. He was “blue, unresponsive, no pulse,” a fire department spokesman said. WISCONSIN PARENTS ARRESTED AFTER NEWBORN FOUND WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAG IN CAR TRUNK: POLICE “This poor kid was minutes away from having no chance at all,” Chicago Fire Dept. Field Chief Patrick Fitzmaurice said at a news conference Tuesday. He told reporters the baby was as cold as concrete, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “I wasn’t ready to lose this one.” “This poor kid was minutes away from having no chance at all.” — Chicago Fire Dept. Field Chief Patrick Fitzmaurice Fire officials performed CPR on the boy, and after being taken to a hospital in critical condition, “the little guy is crying and kicking” Chicago Fire Media tweeted Tuesday evening. The baby was the first to be illegally left in Chicago this year, according to the Sun-Times. Under the city’s “Safe Haven” law a baby can be left at a hospital of a fire or police station within 30 days of birth -- with no questions asked. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "Come to us, call 911. We would've taken the baby to one hospital and her to another hospital,” Fitzmaurice said about the mother, according to WGN. “We won't judge. Don't leave your baby in an alley. Come to a firehouse. Leave the baby there. Give the kid a chance." Officials said they don’t know the mother’s identity.