A little baby lies alone, abandoned and naked on a dirty stairway at the Manila city hall underpass.
It’s unbelievable to see people walk past the baby as if they are deaf, mute, and blind.
These shocking photos were taken by A.J. Laberinto from Manilla in May 2014, however, it’s still hard to come to terms with.
Neither of the passers-by stretched out a helping hand nor did they care if he was alive or not.
Incredibly heartbreaking…
Laberito, the person who posted the photos on Facebook, wrote:
“There I was, camera–celfone rather, in hand turning around the corner when I saw the child. You see, only recently I’ve been taking pictures of whatever sight was in front of me strolling around Manila though not that many. So there I was, and for several seconds the baby lay there on the floor not dying but rather sound asleep. The passers-by having seen too many too much of street children and beggars knew already how to react: they just walked away. After having finished taking the photos I then asked some familiar faces in the crowd, people who actually lived near those stairs, as to where the parent of that baby was. Lo and behold, a woman somewhat bedraggled with dirty clothes on showed up and immediately carried the baby away. All of this in a span of seconds. I bought the child food, by the way, four days ago and he’s still living in the streets the very bed to sleep in he ever knew.“
So terribly sad!