Not many straight news stories merit a headline with an exclamation point, but this one just might qualify as an acceptable exception. WTTG/FOX5 reports that a one-year-old child has been recovered safe and sound after the car he was in was stolen off North Capitol Street this morning.

The car was left running and unattended by the mother of the child in the driveway of a home on North Capital Street shortly after 7:00 a.m.

Someone entered the vehicle and drove off with the one year old inside.

Police found the car not long after they started looking. It had been ditched in the 200 block of N Street NW, with the baby still inside. He appears to be OK, but has been sent to the hospital as a precaution, according to FOX5.

For a depiction of how this car thief probably reacted when first noticing there was a baby in the back seat, see Tsotsi.