(Update) Baby found alone in Indiana field after tornado

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A baby girl who was discovered in an Indiana field following Friday's devastating tornadoes is in critical condition at a Kentucky hospital, according to the Associated Press.

When the child was found Friday night, she was first taken to a hospital in Salem, Ind. Melissa Richardson, a spokeswoman for St. Vincent Salem Hospital, said authorities are trying to determine how the child wound up in the field alone, since her family lives in New Pekin, Ind., about 10 miles south of where the she was discovered

[Principled]

10 miles in the air of a tornado - holy cow.

this kid is here for a reason. God bless this child.

[Kirkwood]

Wow. I have a friend who was carried for a half-mile by a tornado as a child, but 10 miles is amazing.

[knarf]

"authorities are trying to determine how the child wound up in the field alone"

10 miles away following a tornado.

Get those assinine "authorities" away from that child ... and out of our lives !!

[21twelve]

God watches over drunks and little babies!

I hope that the rest of her family is okay. And yes - what a miracle!

[Tex-Con-Man]

...and her little dog too?

[Tex-Con-Man]

...and her little dog too?

[HiTech RedNeck]

How they figured out whose baby it was, must be another wonder.

[Tex-Con-Man]

oops

[HiTech RedNeck]

Social workers all abuzz. Durn their busybody hides.

[optiguy]

You live in Oklahoma? A similar thing happened here during the May 3rd tornado.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Wow, I hope she recovers and the family is safe.

[smokingfrog]

Is this the same baby?

Washington County Sheriff Claude Combs told ABC News that the girl, who is believed to be 3 or 4 years old, was discovered near the bodies of her 21-year-old mother and two younger siblings, ages 2 years and 2 months old.

[nuconvert]

Sounds like it might be

[SuziQ]

I can only imagine the sheer joy of this baby’s family, assuming they survived the storm. And I hope the baby makes it through the injuries she sustained.

[Right Wing Assault]

Given the accuracy of reporter, a 3-year-old next to three dead people is the same as a baby alone ten miles from home.

[SuziQ]

"Though the schools were almost completely destroyed, no injuries to either students or staff were reported."

That is just amazing, considering the damage to those communities! God Bless that woman who allowed the kids on that bus to shelter in her basement!

[Harold Shea]

There was a baby that was found alive in a field across

the road from the house her momma was killed in

Bethpage Tn a couple of yrs ago.The searchers

thought she was a doll at first.

This baby in Indiana was truly a miracle to alive

Prayers for her recovery

[BfloGuy]

The parents will probably be arrested and lose custody. Zero tolerance!

[ntnychik]

Thank God for sparing the life of the baby.
As for the bus incidents, I’ve never understood evacuating children into a storm. Their parents may not even have been at home. The vehicles certainly weren’t safe. I saw what happened to the school— not a good option either unless they had secure shelter areas.