Firefighters help deliver baby in church parking lot

Culleoka, Tennessee - Firefighters came to the rescue – but not in a fire, in a very special baby delivery! Miraculously, the incident occurred in a church parking lot.

For the six firefighters, this special mission was a premiere. (Symbol image)
For the six firefighters, this special mission was a premiere. (Symbol image)  © Collage: Screenshot/Facebook/Maury County Fire Department &123RF/lemuana

It was a very different kind of emergency for a group of firefighters in Tennessee.

Early on Saturday morning, an expectant mother went into labor and was on her way to the hospital to deliver her baby at 1:15 AM, but couldn't make it in time.

After calling 911 about 30 minutes away from the hospital, the woman and her husband were advised to pull over into a nearby parking lot to get ready for delivery, according to local news station WSMV.

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The pair stopped at Stiversville Church of Christ along Pulaski Highway. Just minutes before she gave birth, four Maury County Fire Department members rushed to her aid. For all four, a call like this was a first.

Paramedic Fabian Oden described the urgency upon arriving to the scene.

"I went to the patient and introduced myself, and by the time I got my name out the baby was introducing herself to me," he said.

In a healthy delivery, baby Kyler Shaydin was born on a towel in the parking lot.

Firefighters recount the "life changing and moving moment"

"It's very rare to be involved with a birth as a first responder," firefighter Savannah Maddison explained after the special call.

"It is something that might not happen for many people’s entire careers. This was a very fortunate incident, not only for the first responders involved, but also the mother. She had a department nearby and we had such a quick response."

Mom and little Kyler were then given a ride in an ambulance to the nearby hospital, where they later met up with the couple's four other children.

"Although it was chaotic, it was just so life changing and a moving moment for all of us," Maddison said of the emergency call she'll never forget.

Cover photo: Collage: Screenshot/Facebook/Maury County Fire Department &123RF/lemuana

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