Captain’s second birth while at the helm
||| FROM YAHOO NEWS |||
Baby Arlo was born aboard the Samish on Tuesday, Aug. 6, weighing 7 lbs. and 1 oz. at birth, according to Washington State Ferries.
Crew members and passengers on a Washington State ferry “leapt into action” when a woman went into labor on the ship, and ultimately gave birth.
Washington State Ferries said the “healthy baby boy was born” aboard the Samish ferry around 3:45 p.m. local time on Tuesday, Aug. 6, as the vessel was about to leave Lopez Island to Anacortes.
The passengers were asked if there was someone with medical training on board who could assist with an emergency, Tripp said. But it wasn’t initially clear why the help was needed.
Behind the scenes, crew members and passengers worked together to help the mom through labor “until EMS arrived,” according to WSF.
Meanwhile, other members of the crew quickly made sure that an ambulance had space to meet the ship at the dock, NBC affiliate KING-TV reported.
“I could tell something was wrong and so we weren’t going to leave until we figured it out,” Captain Noah Landau said.
About an hour later, another announcement was made, according to KIRO-TV: “It’s a baby boy!”
Friday Harbor residents Candice and Justin are now the parents of little Arlo, who weighed 7 lbs. and 1 oz at birth, WSF said in an update on X (formerly Twitter).
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