Firefighters Deliver New Year's Eve Twins

CITRUS COUNTY, FL — Citrus County firefighters celebrated the New Year a little early by helping welcome not one, but two special deliveries Thursday morning.

According to the agency, a routine medical call to a pregnant woman’s home came in around 12:37 a.m. When Engine 14’s crew responded to the home, they found the expecting mother in the bathroom. After escorting her to a bedroom where she could be more comfortable, the mother told them she was in labor and the baby was coming … now.

As Lt. Rigalo attempted to get patient information, driver/engineer Raymond confirmed the mother’s suspicions. The baby’s head was indeed visible, Citrus County Fire Rescue wrote in an email to media.

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Within seconds of Raymond yelling, “The baby’s coming,” she did. The first child, a girl, was born at approximately 12:55 a.m. at home.

Realizing they had a twin delivery on their hands, EMS units worked together to cut the little girl’s umbilical cord and get the mother ready for the second birth.

While half the crew worked on packaging the mother for transport to a local hospital, the other half tended to the baby girl. Once inside the ambulance, the second baby also decided to make his entrance into the world. The baby boy was born “5 minutes down the road,” fire rescue reported.

The preemies weren’t due to arrive until March 15.

At the hospital, the little family was checked out in the emergency room and then cleared to go to the OB ward. Fire rescue says at last report “momma and babies were doing good.”

The babies do not have names yet, firefighters reported. The little boy weighed in at 2 pounds, 12 ounces. His sister weighs 2 pounds, 12 1/2 ounces.

Photos of the twins courtesy of Citrus County Fire Rescue