I Found Two Babies in a Cardboard Box on Route 66—Then Their Missing Mother’s Warning Named the Man Asking to Take Them Home

A blanket.

Then a hand, smaller than the handle of the knife I was holding.

I opened the lid the rest of the way.

Two infants were lying side by side on folded blankets.

For one second, I only looked at them.

Then my radio was already in my hand.

“Dispatch, I need medical now.

Two infants, possible severe heat exposure.”