A baby was mysteriously abandoned in an airport bathroom 35 years past, and the mystery still remains. Beryl Wright was scrubbing her hands at the sink when she spotted it on the cold floor of the public restroom. A blue and white checkered bundle. It was completely still. As she would recount years later, Wright assumed it was just a discarded rag. It was the afternoon of April 10, 1986, inside the busy hive of Gatwick Airport, 30 miles south of London Center.
Now back to the story, right? A sales assistant at the terminal’s duty free store followed her curiosity and pulled back the blanket. Inside was a newborn baby boy. Police, social workers and airport employees were soon on the scene with the abandoned child, who doctors determined to be about ten days old. According to The Guardian. Read the full story here ▶
