A baby found on the subway became our adopted son: one family's story

Summary

A man recounts how he and his partner discovered an abandoned newborn baby in a New York City subway station in 2000. What began as a shocking discovery led them through a complex legal process to become the child's foster parents and eventually adopt him. The article follows their journey from that fateful night at Union Square station to raising the boy, now a 26-year-old man, and reflects on the unexpected path to parenthood.