Video shows baby lying on San Francisco sidewalk with mother who apparently just gave birth



A viral video shows a crying baby lying on a San Francisco sidewalk with the mother, who apparently just gave birth.

What do we know?

The baby was born Thursday, KRON-TV reported, citing the city's fire department. The video in question began circulating Saturday, the station said, adding that officials were unable to confirm its authenticity due to medical privacy laws.

But the fire department told the station that both the mother and baby were taken to a local hospital in stable condition.

The video shows an already-born infant lying on the sidewalk and covered by a blanket and positioned directly in front of the mother, who begins to sit up. It isn't clear how much time elapsed between the birth and the start of the video.

The mother seems distraught and concerned about her baby, and a man next to them adjusts the blanket covering the newborn and tries to calm the woman: “You’re gonna be OK; just relax, OK?”

It appears as though the umbilical cord is still attached as the mother begins to pick up the newborn. The man reassures her, "It's gonna be fine, OK? They're coming to pick you up."

Others are nearby and attempt to help as well.

Content warning: The video may be disturbing to some readers:

\u201cWoman gives birth on the San Francisco sidewalk in broad daylight\n https://t.co/075qAtv0bc\u201d
— Gloria Twiford (@Gloria Twiford) 1681160125

The man next to the mother and newborn who tried to reassure the mother appeared to be recording the event on his cell phone, presumably to document it for his own legal protection.

Citing an Instagram post, KTVU-TV reported that the video was recorded near the 900 block of Geary Street near Union Square.

'This makes me incredibly sad'

Twitter commenters had much to say about the video:

  • Songwriter David Choi tweeted, “This makes me incredibly sad. We as a species need to show more humanity and kindness towards each other. We can do better.”
  • "My God. What have we done?" another Twitter user asked before adding a "SanFrancisco" hashtag.
  • "Truly the most depressing thing I’ve seen from California since *checks watch* yesterday," another commenter quipped.
  • Another user directed his comment to left-wing California Gov. Gavin Newsom: "... after you are done telling us about how terrible Florida is or whatever, mind cleaning up your own backyard? The negative ads when you run for president will literally just be a feed of daily SF horrors like this."

Anything else?

Under its far-left political leadership, San Francisco over the last few years has become a hotbed of homelessness, drug addiction, deadly violent crime, and brazen, broad-daylight shoplifting.

Border Patrol video shows smugglers dropping 3-year-old and 5-year-old girls from 14-foot wall



The U.S. Border Patrol released disturbing video footage Wednesday showing smugglers dropping a 3-year-old toddler and her 5-year-old sister from a 14-foot border wall, leaving the little girls exposed in the desert as they fled back into Mexico.

What are the details?

USBP El Paso Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez released the clip on Twitter, saying, "Smugglers, under cover of night, scaled a 14 ft. border barrier and cruelly dropped 2 young children in the middle of the New Mexico desert. The girls, ages 3 & 5, were left miles from the nearest residence. Thank you STN Agents for rescuing these children!"

Smugglers, under cover of night, scaled a 14 ft. border barrier and cruelly dropped 2 young children in the middle… https://t.co/puCa3MoEvr
— Gloria I. Chavez (@Gloria I. Chavez)1617217714.0

In the video, a suspect can be seen hoisting the smaller child over the wall and lowering her down before letting go. The toddler lays still on the ground for a few moments after her fall, before bringing herself to her feet as her 5-year-old sister lands next to her.

The individual on the wall then tosses an object on the ground next to the tikes, who appear to be staring upward from where they were dropped as the two suspects can be seen running back through trails on the Mexican side of the border.

In a statement following the video, Chavez said:

"I'm appalled by the way these smugglers viciously dropped innocent children form a 14-foot border barrier last night. If not for the vigilance of our Agents using mobile technology, these two tender-aged siblings would have been exposed to the harsh elements of desert environment for hours. We are currently working with our law enforcement partners in Mexico and attempting to identify these ruthless human smugglers so as to hold them accountable to the fullest extent of the law."

Fox News reported that the number of unaccompanied children arriving the U.S. at the southern border "has been rising for weeks," as the the Biden administration struggles to "deal with the influx."

According to the Associated Press, more than 17,000 migrant children were in U.S. custody as of Monday.

Anything else?

The news of the two abandoned little girls comes just a day after the Texas Department of Public Safety reported that a 6-month-old baby girl was thrown out of a raft by smugglers while crossing the Rio Grande River earlier this month.

Border Patrol agents and the Texas Rangers were able to save the infant and her mother, whose leg had been broken by smugglers while in Mexico.