By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
CBP officers helped deliver a baby at the Free Trade International Bridge at Los Indios in Texas.
Shortly after 7 a.m. on Sunday, a 16-year-old U.S. resident went into labor at the midpoint of the bridge. CBP officers were preparing to take the teenager to the hospital, but she was in full labor.
So CBP officers helped deliver the baby inside a CBP vehicle.
“Our officers are ready for a variety of situations, even childbirth, and they utilized all of their training and experience to calm the mother and assist with her delivery, which happened almost immediately after crossing back into the United States,” Port Director Tater Ortiz, Brownsville Port of Entry, said in a news release.
The mother and her health baby were transported to a local hospital, where they were reported in good health.
