The mom of a new child child discovered deserted at a Midtown Manhattan subway station has been arrested, police stated.
Assa Diawara, 30, was arrested early Wednesday in Queens on expenses of abandonment of a kid and endangering the welfare of a kid, based on the New York Police Division.
The NYPD is in search of this one that they are saying left a child a subway station in Midtown Manhattan, Oct. 20, 2025.
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The child woman was discovered wrapped in a blanket on the southbound 1 practice platform at thirty fourth Avenue-Penn Station through the Monday morning rush hour, police stated.
The child was taken to the hospital in secure situation, police stated, with New York Metropolis Transit President Demetrius Crichlow calling it “the miracle on thirty fourth Avenue.”

A child was discovered on a subway platform in Manhattan, New York, on Oct. 20, 2025.
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