A Cal Fire firefighter, who was battling the Eaton Fire, delivered a baby girl on the 15 Freeway in Lake Elsinore after responding to a call of a woman in labor. The woman's water had broken and she was unable to reach the hospital.
A Cal Fire firefighter went from battling flames at the Eaton Fire to delivering a baby after he helped a woman give birth on the 15 Freeway in Lake Elsinore over the weekend.when he got the call to assist a woman in labor on the side of Highway 74. The woman's water had broken and she was unable to reach the hospital.Sign up for NBC LA's News Headlines newsletter.
“About 5 minutes on the drive down the road, on the I-15, we assessed mom again and we saw the baby's head and we knew it was time to deliver that baby,” Wafford said. The first responders worked together to deliver the healthy baby girl on the freeway, a special moment for both of them. “I do know that for a second there my heart kind of swelled because I was so happy to be able to do this for somebody because I’ve always wanted to,” Prio said.Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news.
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