A baby boy who was surrendered at a Kentucky fire station nearly two years ago was officially adopted last month — a milestone his parents say they’ve been hoping and praying for since they first learned about him.
“This is just an amazing story of grace being shown,” Chris Tyler, 43, of Louisville told Fox News Digital.
“From a loving mother to a little baby and then to us too. God’s hand is completely in this.”
The adoption was finalized just before Christmas, which Tyler and his wife Brittany say is a blessing.
“Sam is a curious little guy,” Chris Tyler said.
“He’s really a ball of energy. He is the younger brother who chases the big brothers with pirate swords and rides on the little roller coaster we have in the house.”
Chris and Brittany Tyler adopted the child who was surrendered at a Kentucky fire station nearly two years ago. the Tyler family
The couple, who already have two older children – Judah, 8, and Calvin, 5 – had been hoping for another addition to their family when they heard about Sam.
“We’ve struggled with infertility for a long time,” Brittany Tyler, 36, told Fox News Digital.
“We wanted to start a family and things weren’t going the traditional way, so we started looking at adoption,” she said.
Brittany Tyler and her husband have already adopted two older children. the Tyler family
“It’s very expensive to go through an adoption agency and we learned that you can adopt through foster care and thought that was a great option.”
It was May 2022 when firefighters at the Louisville Fire Department found baby Sam in a baby box.
“It’s early in the morning on Truck 4, Engine 22, which is in West Louisville,” Bobby Cooper, lieutenant colonel and assistant chief of the Louisville Fire Department told Fox News Digital.
Monica Kelsey, a firefighter and medic who is the president of Safe Haven Baby Boxes Inc., poses with a prototype baby box, where parents can handover their newborns anonymously. AP
“They had a ring on the door and went out, and that’s where they first met Samuel.”
The little baby, only a few days old, was found wrapped and placed in a shoe box.
The box also contained a note from the child’s biological mother, revealing why she had to give up her child.
The baby boy was found wrapped and placed in a shoe box. AP
Just a year earlier, Governor Andy Beshear signed legislation creating the Safe Law. It allows children under the age of 30 days to be handed over in “newborn safety devices” or baby boxes in hospitals, fire stations and police stations.
“Safe Haven laws in Kentucky and around the United States allow a mother to surrender a baby safely, anonymously and legally,” Cooper said.
“Our firefighters are very efficient and capable, and very knowledgeable about the law. It’s part of our training,” he said.
The little boy was safely handed over by his birth mother and placed in a baby box at the Louisville Fire Department. AP
Firefighters took the baby inside and made sure he was safe.
“All of our firefighters are paramedics or EMTs, so they were able to do a quick assessment and make sure he was fine, and he seemed to be. He is resting and he looks well fed.”
They notified the proper authorities and arranged for emergency transport to take Samuel to a local children’s hospital for further evaluation.
“When I read her story, I prayed that we would be the home chosen to receive her,” Brittany Tyler said.
They — and soon after the phone call, Chris and Brittany Tyler found themselves in the neonatal unit of a local hospital, holding the baby.
He only weighs 3 pounds.
That’s when the Tylers begin to unravel the small details of their adopted son’s little life — like the difficult decisions his mother made as told in her notes.
“She wrote a little note with just a little bit about herself, and basically, she needed help,” Brittany Tyler said.
“And then at the bottom it says, ‘I love you.’ It was scribbled on a piece of paper and put with him in the box, so we’ll keep it for him and one day he’ll get this from his mom. That way, he’ll know he left it there the best way he could, all done.”
There was no judgment in Tyler’s mind.
“He took care of her, and he loved her,” Chris Tyler said.
A few days after the baby came home from the hospital, Brittany Tyler took little Sam back to the fire station where he had been turned in — for a newborn photo.
And then for his first birthday, the family returned for another photo.
Cooper said the Louisville Fire Department considers Sam part of his family.
“We’re happy to be a part of Sam’s story,” Cooper said.
The Tylers have fostered 17 children over the years.
They are now in the process of adopting a fourth child, a baby girl, they said.
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