GENE RANDALL, CNN ANCHOR: A newborn baby found abandoned in Kosovo is winning the hearts of his new caregivers. Suzanna Anderson reports the blue-eyed boy and the American soldier who rescued him are bonding.</s>SUZANNA ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They're calling him "Fortunato" -- that's Italian for lucky -- a newborn baby found abandoned in Kosovo and quickly taken in by NATO peacekeepers.</s>BILL BURGSTINER, U.N. POLICE: Kiss the baby good night for me.</s>ANDERSON: Bill Burgstiner is a member of the United Nations police force. He was driving through a village southwest of Pristina when he responded to an unusual call of duty.</s>BURGSTINER: We were flagged down by some people standing at a bus stop, i had a language assistant who immediately advised me that there was a baby that had been abandoned on the side of the road wrapped up in a blanket. I went over and the baby was still alive and bleeding from the umbilical cord, which had been left untied. I immediately tied the umbilical cord up and wrapped the child in a warm, dry blanket and made contact with the U.N. police department to get in touch with Italian KFOR police hospital.</s>ANDERSON: The baby boy has already won the hearts of hospital staffers who are stationed far away from their own families. One after the other, visitors have found their way to the makeshift nursery for a chance to cuddle the infant. But there are special visitation privileges for the American police officer, who's been dubbed "the godfather."</s>BURGSTINER: That's fine with me. I'll take the baby home with me if they'll let me.</s>ANDERSON: Strong family ties in Kosovo make this sort of child abandonment unusual. There's hope Fortunato will be lucky enough to find a permanent home. Suzanna Anderson, CNN. Search CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNmoney.com The Web
Newborn Abandoned in Kosovo Rescued by American Soldier