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2nd newborn found in Indiana fire station's baby box: 'I was happy, ecstatic to hear the crying'

GARY, Ind. - Lt. Chuck Kohler was just leaving his house Sunday night when his department pager went off with a medical alarm.

Kohler, a father of five who lives nearby, was at the Coolspring Volunteer Fire Department in LaPorte County, Ind., within a minute.

After entering, "I heard a child crying," Kohler said.

He found a newborn in the station's Safe Haven Baby Box, put on protective gloves, and took the baby out, holding

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