RACINE, Wisconsin ( WTMJ ) -- A Racine firefighter is opening up about responding to Wisconsin's first newborn placed inside a Safe Haven baby box nearly two weeks ago, describing the emotional moment that will stay with him for the rest of his career.

Marco Ostricki was cleaning the workout area at the Racine Fire Station when an alarm rang through the building, signaling that a newborn had been placed inside the department's baby box. The system comes with a 10-second delay to allow mothers to leave anonymously before first responders are alerted.

"I was just in awe," Ostricki said.

Standing just feet away, Ostricki witnessed something he thought he would never see.

"Instantly, I came over to see what was in the box, because you never know what's going to come through, right? So I

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