Groton 911 Call Dispatcher Helps Deliver Baby Boy

GROTON, CT - Such an uplifting, life-affirming story.

As told by Groton Police Department Deputy Chief of Police Paul Gately, it was 3:33 a.m. Thursday when the 911 call came in to the Groton Emergency Communications Center.

A woman in Navy housing was in active labor.

The call to 'Team Groton' was the right one; they'd done this before.

Dispatcher Glen Riffe realized that "child birth was imminent," and so, following "established protocols," he told her step-by-step what to do to deliver the baby and, vitally, make sure the baby when born, was breathing.

Six minutes later, at 3:39 a.m., just before firefighters, EMS personnel and police officers Marvel Bennett and Tyler Moreau arrived on scene, a healthy baby boy was born.

Courageous mom and newborn were treated immediately by members of the Submarine Base Fire Department Engine 62, including Acting Captain Steve Weiss, and firefighters Rob O’Brien, Ryan Patton and James Guerrera. They clamped the umbilical cord while Guerrera told the new father how to cut the cord. Mother and baby were taken by Groton Ambulance and Lawrence + Memorial Hospital paramedics to L+M for observation and follow up.

Police said that this is the "second baby that 'Team Groton' has assisted in delivering in the recent past.

All the feels. Every one. Love this!