Long Island Mom Reunites With EMTs, Cops Who Delivered Her Baby

YAPHANK, NY — Heather Warren's son, Kendall, was on his way into the world early on the morning of Aug. 19, and when first responders walked through the door of her Bellport home, she readily asked them if they would take her to Stony Book University Hospital.

But that plan changed when Kendall had other plans.

"Officers walked in, EMS walked in, and I said, 'I want to go to Stony Brook. You're going to take me there, right?' she recalled Thursday, coming face-to-face with her rescuers for the first time since that day, during a news conference at police headquarters in Yaphank.

"And, in the same breath, I said, 'He's coming now,'" she added.

Police said that it was at about 7:30 a.m. on that morning when they arrived and she told officers Ryan Quarte and James Tagliamonte that the Kendall was coming, and she wasn’t going to make it to the hospital. The officers assisted South Country Ambulance Chief Greg Miglino, Asst. Chief of Operations Joseph Craig, paramedic Luis Salinas, as well as Emergency Medical Technicians Danielle Hanley and Anna Lasorsa in delivering the baby, police said.

But the team was not finished yet.

Kendall had been born with his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck and once it was removed, he showed signs of distress requiring "additional medical attention at the scene," police said.

Noting Kendall was in "distress," Miglino said his crew was able to work as a team with the two officers and the family to help the infant, adding, "a lot of credit has to be given to mom — to make sure that Kendall lives to be 100, we hope.”

County Executive Steve Bellone called it "always a good day when we come together to celebrate the life-saving work of our police officers and EMS professionals."

Warren's husband, Christian Buduarjo, said he is so grateful for the first responders and "thankful that they were there so quickly and they were able to assist."

Acting Police Commissioner Stuart Cameron said that he is sure that when the couple "envisioned the birth of their beautiful son here, they never envisioned that ever happening on the kitchen floor.”

Warren said the story of Kendall's birth is going to be a part of her family and their "life-long stories."

"Kendall will always know who delivered him and how it happened," she said, adding that her older son, Kennedy, will "always remember just how special" the Suffolk County Police are and the medical personnel from South Country are who delivered his brother, "and he got to see it, too."