Thanks, Obama: Mom Stuck in His Traffic Has Baby

Mother, son, president all fine
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 3, 2015 2:14 PM CDT
Thanks, Obama: Mom Stuck in His Traffic Has Baby
President Obama steps from his motorcade vehicle to board Air Force One Thursday en route to Louisville.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Obama visited Louisville, Kentucky, yesterday, which resulted in the usual presidential traffic jam. In this case, it was I-65 that turned into gridlock, the same route that an expectant woman and her husband were taking, reports Wave3. Police took a call about 5:15pm from the husband explaining that his wife was in labor and that traffic wasn't budging. Dispatchers coached her along and a nurse also stuck in traffic helped as the woman gave birth to a baby boy along the shoulder of the road, reports the Lexington Herald-Leader. Emergency crews arrived minutes after the birth and brought them to the hospital using the emergency lane. All are doing well. (More childbirth stories.)

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