Ex-Convict Saves Baby Who Crawled Over 300 Yards From Her Home And Onto The Highway

June 19, 2014

A Georgia man is being hailed as a hero after saving a baby he saw crawling near a highway last Friday.

man saves baby on highway

"I had seen something out of the corner of my eye, and I thought it was a baby," Bryant Collins told WXIA-TV. "I just stopped and, when I got out, there was a baby … almost in the highway."

The 15-month-old baby had crawled through the woods — 300 yards from home — and nearly made her way onto a highway before Collins made the rescue.

man saves baby on highway

Ultimately, Collins stayed with the baby for two hours.

"The baby started crying," he told WXIA, "so I turned my phone on and let her listen to some gospel music, and she calmed right down."

Collins added to the local outlet that he is an ex-convict who served time and reformed himself in prison.

"I did ten years in the federal institution for manufacturing cocaine," he said. "When I was in prison, I made a very conscientious effort to change, and I did."

Via WXIA, TheBlaze


feel good videoHis Last Day As A Teacher After 36 Years. They Turned It Into A Memory For Life

feel good storiesMailman Shares All The Adorable Snowmen Found On Her Route This Winter

feel good storiesMeet Despereaux, The Adorable Dumbo Mouse You’ll Want To See

feel good storiesKids Are Loving The Tiny Duck Libraries Popping Up Around New York City

feel good stories'I Laughed And Cried': Vet’s Hilarious Condolence Card Brings Laughter To Grieving Cat Owner

feel good storiesTeen Runs His Own Restaurant ALONE — One Of The Most Uplifting Stories You'll Read

feel good videoUnexpected Friends: Rhino And Tiny Deer Play In Snow

feel good videoDonkey Gets Tricked Into Taking His Medicine — And It’s Adorable

feel good videoKissing Rescue Dogs And Filming Their Reactions

feel good videoI Picked Up My Sister From Work At A Doggy Daycare — Then This Happened

feel good videoPig’s Friends Couldn’t Handle Seeing Him So Scared