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I cannot imagine how terrified this woman must have been to find herself lying on a sidewalk about to deliver a baby in the pre-dawn hours of Christmas morning. But there she was, along with her hapless husband, about to give birth on the ground in front of a Philadelphia bus station. Fortunately, she did what most any woman would have done under those circumstances - she screamed.
It was that scream that caught the attention of Steven Rocher, a police sergeant with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Rocher was out playing Santa early Christmas morning, delivering some gifts to his mother, when he heard the woman scream and saw a man tugging at her clothes. When he approached, the man begged for his help.
Rocher has no training on how to deliver a baby, but he managed just the same. "When I heard the baby crying, I felt a sense of comfort because I knew the baby was OK," he said.
After delivering the baby, Rocher called for backup and a rescue car took the family to the hospital. "I will remember this Christmas when I retire for a long time," Roche. No doubt mom will, too.
It was that scream that caught the attention of Steven Rocher, a police sergeant with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Rocher was out playing Santa early Christmas morning, delivering some gifts to his mother, when he heard the woman scream and saw a man tugging at her clothes. When he approached, the man begged for his help.
Rocher has no training on how to deliver a baby, but he managed just the same. "When I heard the baby crying, I felt a sense of comfort because I knew the baby was OK," he said.
After delivering the baby, Rocher called for backup and a rescue car took the family to the hospital. "I will remember this Christmas when I retire for a long time," Roche. No doubt mom will, too.
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1-01-2008 @ 2:06PM
Sandyone said...Technically, if he's ever played baseball or catch of any kind, he's had training for delivering a baby.
That will be quite a birth story to share with family, friends (the rest of the world) and the child himself!
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