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A newborn baby boy is alive after [spending / spent] 40 hours in a sewer in an apartment building in Alicante, Spain. Firefighters rescued the baby from under a manhole cover. The child was [wrapper / wrapped] in a plastic bag with a hole in it so he could [breath / breathe] . A man from the apartment building called the police after he heard a [sound / sounds] coming from the sewer. He told reporters his story of [what / how] happened, saying: "I thought it was a cat that was [trapping / trapped] and that the baby’s crying was its [meowing / barking] . The noise went on for [long / ages] so I called the police. One of the firefighters saw one of his tiny [foot / feet] and realised it wasn't a cat but a child." The baby boy, who [weights / weighs] 2.1kg, is now safe in hospital. He has a broken arm and a few other injuries.

Spanish police [arrest / arrested] the 26-year-old mother of the baby soon after he was found. She is [being / been] charged with attempted murder for trying to [kill / killing] her son. Police have not yet [titled / named] the woman. Police officers said she went to a local hospital after she [did / gave] birth and told nurses she had suffered a miscarriage. She then [said / told] the police that she pushed her baby down a drain because she was [too / very] poor to pay for an abortion. Police are now trying to find out if she [did / acted] alone or if someone helped her. Last month, emergency workers in eastern China had to rescue a newborn baby after it became [sticking / stuck] in a sewer pipe. Its mother tried to give birth [in / on] secret and said the baby slipped down the toilet.