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Boise solidier seeks birth family

Benjamin Tveidt, 29, who was abandoned as a baby on a busy road in Anchorage, Alaska, displays his hospital bracelet in Boise, where he now lives, on April 22. Tveidt has few mementos from his babyhood, except the wrist bracelets from the hospital, naming him “Baby Boy Doe.” (Katherine Jones / Idaho Statesman)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354

Nobody knows just how long the baby lay there that September night in 1986.

Someone had wrapped the newborn in a tan towel before placing him in a cardboard box and leaving it outside a thrift shop on Muldoon Road, the Alaska Dispatch News reported.

About 9 p.m., an anonymous caller told 911 dispatchers there was a baby near a clothes donation bin outside a Salvation Army store.

Before police and ambulances could get there, two teenage boys out riding bikes in the fall twilight heard his cries. They looked inside the cardboard box, scooped the squealing baby up and cycled home with him. Read more.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog