to search, hitting the road, when impossible as it may seem one of them looked more closely at the suspect s picture and realized it was actually an old neighbor who lived here. a call to police and moments later officers swooped in and rescued the baby. we saw the baby we can touch. it was the best moment in my life. we were crying. reporter: here in the u.s., many hospitals fit newborns with these electronic tags. so if a baby were to be carried out of the maternity ward, an alarm would instantly sound. exit alarm. main entrance. the babies get a tag. reporter: lennoxville hospital in new york, nurses tell us the bracelets like this one on baby andrew s tiny ankle trigger automatically locks the ward s doors. the system works. since the 80s there have been 32 infants abducted from hospitals nationwide. the canadian hospital where baby victoria was born did not have
when impossible as it may seem one of them looked more closely at the suspect s picture and realized it was actually an old neighbor who lived here. a call to police and moments later officers swooped in and rescued the baby. we saw the baby we can touch. it was definitely the best moment in my life. we were crying. reporter: here in the u.s., many hospitals fit newborns with these electronic tags. so if a baby were to be carried out of the maternity ward, an alarm would instantly sound. alarm. exiting the main entrance. babies get a tag. reporter: at the lenoxville hospital in new york, nurses tell us the bracelets like this one on baby andrew s tiny ankle trigger automatically locks on the ward s doors. the system works. since the 80s there have been 32 infants abducted from hospitals nationwide. the canadian hospital where baby