Authorities are searching for the mother of a newborn baby boy who was found in a rubbish pile in New Jersey.
Hudson County prosecutors say the child was found on Saturday afternoon near Jersey City's McGinley Square neighbourhood.
The boy was taken to Jersey City Medical Center, the infant boy is said to be breathing on his own in hospital
Prosecutors did not disclose how long the child may have been outside.
Residents who live nearby said neighbourhood children alerted the building superintendent after they heard crying and saw movement in the garbage.
Rebecca Womers, the wife of the superintendent, told The Jersey Journal she found the infant stuffed inside a bag.
"I opened the bag from the bottom and it still had the umbilical cord attached," she told the newspaper.
Her husband, Arturo Rivas, said he usually asks children to leave the courtyard where the baby was found, but this time he was glad the youngsters were there.
"Thank God they were back there," he told the newspaper.
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