Retiring FBI agent has surprise reunion with baby he rescued as rookie

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Retiring FBI agent has surprise reunion with kidnapped baby he rescued as a rookie.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It was a parent's worst nightmare. In 1997, newborn Stewart Rembert was abducted from the hospital by a woman impersonating a nurse. The police and19 hours later in a box next to a restaurant dumpster in Tacoma, Wash., by a rookie FBI agent in his first few months on the job.

At the farewell, Rembert entered the room to applause from the gathered FBI agents and staff and shook hands with the man who had lifted him out of a box 22 years earlier. They thanked each other for their service, and Rembert hugged Sowers.U.S. Marine Cpl. Stewart Rembert embraces FBI Special Agent Troy Sowers during the agent's retirement ceremony at the FBI Field Office in Knoxville, Tennessee, Aug. 9, 2019. Sowers rescued days-old Rembert from a kidnapping in 1997 in Tacoma, Washington.

Sowers said that after the kidnapper agreed to show them where she had left Rembert, his chief concern was if the baby would be alive when they found him."We knew he had been out there for several hours. When I picked him up, he was not crying, but he just nuzzled right into my neck and I knew he was fine."

 

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A beautiful moment 😊❤👏

Wow. What a parting gift.

So nice to read good news. All you normally find in the news is how many planes crashed, not how many landed successfully. Sad, but that directs one’s focus.

Makes me smile

I thank both men for their service.

A feel good story!

Wow. A happy story. Don't see much of these anymore.

Beautiful

What a moment!!!

Thank you for your service!

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