RIDGE, NY (CBSNewYork) A Suffolk County police officer who helped save a baby’s life was reunited with his family on Wednesday.
On Christmas Eve in Ridge, Officer Kyle Negrin responded to the call for a woman in a car to give birth.
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Chelsea Anderson was placed in a fire department ambulance. Negrin and a paramedic came in the back with her and they went to the hospital but baby Avion could not wait.
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“It was certainly an honor, probably the proudest moment of my career, to deliver Avion,” Negrin said.
“I asked, can we get there faster? How fast? Can we just get there? I’m scared, I’m scared. But [Negrin] held my hand, coached me through it, ”Anderson said.
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Anderson says she had been scheduled for a caesarean section because the umbilical cord was wrapped around the baby’s neck, but Negrin and the paramedic successfully managed the complication.
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