VIDEO: New Bedford firefighters helped bring a healthy baby girl into the world earlier this month, and the mom, her baby, and those firefighters were reunited on Tuesday.
According to the New Bedford fire chief, the department does two to three out-of-hospital deliveries a year.
In this instance, Station 5 Engine 5 got a call for a woman in active labor at a home on Acushnet Avenue.
The unit arrived on the scene quickly, which firefighters said was critical for the health and well-being of both the mother and the baby.
“I look at them more like gifts from god because that’s what they were for me that night,” said Kelly Medeiros, mother of the newborn child. “They came in and they were just so quick and they kept so calm.”
Kelly re-introduced her baby girl Laiana to New Bedford firefighters on Tuesday.