Click here for Mobile Site: http://m.cbs4denver.com
  • Font Size    
Advertising
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Baby Boy Born In Blizzard On Boulder Turnpike

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +    Comments
Jan 28, 2009 8:08 pm US/Mountain

Baby Boy Born In Blizzard On Boulder Turnpike

WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) ― Before a woman in Denver gave an emergency birth at Denver Public Library on Tuesday, a little boy was born in a blizzard, about a month premature, and on the side of the Boulder Turnpike on Monday.

The little baby boy in Westminster is healthy and was released from the hospital Wednesday night.

Casandra Garcia knew she was going into labor on Monday when her water broke at home. She and the baby's father got in the car to head to the hospital but the car ran out of gas on Highway 36.

Rescue crews got Garcia into an ambulance, kept her warm, and coached her through childbirth. Then she and the baby finally made it to the hospital.

"I believe I had a guardian angel with me. That's what I can say. It's something that happens in movies; you hear about it every once in awhile on the news," Garcia said. "I never thought it would happen to me."

"All the credit goes to mom here," Jake Lieser with Westminster fire said. "Our job is to facilitate the delivery and intervene if complications arise. So we just kept mom comfortable and let her deliver and take care of baby."

Little Daniel Joseph is Garcia's third child.

(© MMX CBS Television Stations, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

Curious & Controversial News

Add Comment

here. here. Need a log in? Register here
  •  * Will not be displayed with comment
  •  * e.g. (http://www.mywebsite.com)
  •  
  • Click here to refresh with new letters

Show Comments (0)

Close Window Login


Close Window Flag Comment


loading...
You need the latest Flash player to view video content.
Click here to download.

Click here to bypass this detection if you already have the latest Flash Player.

Colorado & Denver News

Top News Stories

© MMX, CBS Television Stations Inc. All Rights Reserved.