CONCORD, NH — Capital region first responders performed a Christmas miracle, literally, as they delivered a baby at just after midnight on Christmas Day on Interstate 93. Around 12:15 a.m., Concord fire dispatch received a call about a woman having a child inside of a car on I-93 South in the area of Exit 17 in Penacook. Engine 5 and Ambulance 5 headed to the area, looking for a silver vehicle, but were unable to find it.
After about seven minutes, Concord EMTs informed dispatch they had met with New Hampshire State Police at the Exit 17 overpass and troopers told firefighters they had been both north and south on the highway and couldn’t find the vehicle either.
State troopers and firefighters then split up and attempted to search both sides of the highway again for the caller while staging on the overpass. Dispatchers also tried to reach the caller again and found out they were farther north, at mile marker 46.6 at the Canterbury-Concord line.
Concord firefighters continued toward the vehicle while dispatch worked out protocols with Canterbury authorities.
When EMTs arrived at the vehicle, Boscawen Police Officer Ryan Nolan was already in the passenger seat with the mother as the baby was coming out of her womb. A Concord paramedic coached Nolan, state troopers, and the mother through the birthing process.
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Concord EMTs then transported the mother and her new son, Dominic, to Concord Hospital as firefighters performed neonatal care, placenta cleanup, umbilical cord cutting, and other procedures on the way to the hospital. They arrived around 12:45 a.m.
Dominic, his parents, and all involved were pretty pleased with the outcome.
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