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A father brought his baby on a train in Ohio, then went for a smoke. Then the train left

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Surveillance video shows Ohio man leaving baby on train
Surveillance video shows the moment an Ohio father leaving his baby on a Cleveland RTA train before leaving to smoke a cigarette. The train leaves without him, but he's eventually reunited with his child at the next stop – Feb 7, 2019

A surveillance video released by a transit authority in Cleveland shows a man stepping off a train to smoke a cigarette and then frantically chasing after it when it leaves the station with his baby on board.

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority released a statement about the Jan. 12 incident in East Cleveland on Wednesday.

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The statement says the train’s driver learned about the baby on board before it arrived at the next station, which was just a minute away.

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RTA officials responded and quickly returned to the station where the father was reunited with the child.

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