New York, NY —

An immigrant livery driver from Ecuador, who's being called both a hero and liar, faced the press yesterday and tried to explain why he made up a story about the baby he left at a Queens firehouse last Thursday.

WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

OUTRO: And there are reports this morning that the father of the abandoned baby wants to turn himself in, possibly with the help of a lawyer. A spokesman for the Police Department would not confirm that.