We’ve heard some terrifying stories about a birth or pregnancy gone wrong. Remember the preemie baby who was close to death until Dad started reading Harry Potter aloud? How about the woman in labor who was trapped in an ice storm? Cops trekked through miles of snow to come to her aid, and even carried her to the hospital!
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A new mom in Long Island named Katherine Leonard, recently had a similarly terrifying birth experience. She was at home when she suddenly went into labor. Luckily, a construction worker happened to be at her house doing repairs. He was able to call 9-1-1 for Katherine while she gave birth on the bathroom floor!
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While it wasn’t exactly how Katherine had planned it to happen, the birth went smoothly… until she realized the baby wasn’t breathing. In a terrifying recording of the call, you can hear the moment Katherine made the horrifying realization.
Police officers Steve Golub and Devin Humphries responded to the 9-1-1 call just in time. Officer Golub remembers seeing the baby turning blue. “I knew we had to get that baby breathing,” he recalls thinking.
That’s when Humphries took over. “I yelled out over my shoulder, ‘Get me a turkey baster. Get me something with suction,'” she said. “I knew that’s what we needed.â€
But all they could find was an eye dropper so Humphries used it to clear the baby’s airway, and it turned out she was exactly right to do so!
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Her quick thinking saved the baby’s life. Thanks to the eye dropper trick, baby Juliette was able to take her first breath… and it was met with cheers from her mom, a construction worker, a 911 operator, and 2 cops.
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What an introduction to the world!
Moments later, the Northport Fire Department Rescue Squad arrived to transport Juliette and Katherine to the hospital. Both are now doing fine.
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Watch the video below to see Katherine reunite with the officers who saved her baby’s life.
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