Belén was walking toward a fair when she heard a cry that seemed out of place on the peaceful morning in Lomas de Zamora.
It was coming from beneath a car parked in front of a church. Inside a cloth bag was a newborn, and beside him was a handwritten note: his name was Jesús, his mother had died during childbirth, his father had abandoned him, and the person leaving him there had nothing else to offer him because they lived on the street.
Belén, who has a one-year-old daughter, did not think twice: she picked him up and breastfed him right there, while her friend Antonella ran to get blankets and the vendors approached with clothes for the baby.
By the time the police and ambulance arrived, Jesús already had a small crowd looking after him.
At Gandulfo Hospital, they determined that he was not hours old but around 10 days old, a detail that did not match the note but changed nothing essential: a plea for help written by someone with nothing ended up being answered by an entire city willing to give everything.