CHICAGO (WGN) – Earl Abernathy was stuck in traffic in Chicago’s Little Italy neighborhood last Thursday when he heard a noise.
“I was sitting there, windows down, listening to music,” said Abernathy, recalling that he and a passenger were discussing the hot weather. “I said, ‘Do you hear a baby crying?’ She was like, ‘Yeah. I don’t see a baby, though.’”
That’s when Abernathy turned his head and saw a car seat sitting in front of the steps leading into St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.
“I saw the baby like, trying to wiggle his way out of the car seat and it tipped over,” Abernathy said. “So, I just threw the hazards on, jumped out, ran over there [and] got the baby!”…