Philadelphia woman gave birth in her car on the side of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and recently reunited with first responder who helped.
This all happened last month and on Thursday she was reunited with the first responder who helped her through the experience.It was a reunion long overdue and it was the first time Robert Stenger of the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Safety Patrol got to officially meet Andrienna Reid's son Santana.
The Turnpike's Safety Patrol got a 911 call for a medical emergency around 3 a.m. on June 15th which led to Stenger witnessing the birth of Santana in a car."I remember walking up to the car and I got the call that it was a medical emergency then there was a baby in the process of being born," Stenger said.
The now mom of two says she pulled over onto the side of the Turnpike as she was on her way to the hospital with her one-year-old in the back seat.Stenger stayed with Reid on the scene until paramedics transferred her and her baby to Jefferson Health.“For someone to find me at 3 o’clock in the morning on the side of the road. It was just everything," Reid explained.
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