It was an ordinary afternoon at the El Patron Mexican Restaurant in Jersey City, New Jersey, until the surveillance cameras captured a heartbreaking situation.
A teenage girl walked into the restaurant with a newborn baby wrapped in a towel. She locked eyes with the manager, Frankie.
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Frankie instantly recognized the look of sheer desperation on her face. She was begging, with her eyes, for help from anyone at all.
As it turned out, the 14-year-old girl was the baby's mother.
A customer, Alease Scott, saw the teen. As soon as she caught sight of the newborn in her arms, she put down her lunch.
Alease is a mother and preschool teacher who is trained in first-aid techniques. She jumped to her feet and asked the teen mom if she could take the baby's vitals.
But just moments after giving the baby over to Alease, the cameras inside the restaurant captured yet another unexpected moment.
The teen mom hurried outside the restaurant, and with that, she was gone, leaving her baby with complete strangers.
