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Infant Born on Cold, Snowy Night
Aired December 27, 2002 - 06:52 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: What would Christmas be without the story of an infant born on a cold and snowy night? Now, substitute an SUV for a manger and a 911 dispatcher for a shepherd.
Bob Barnard of affiliate WTTG has this modern version of a Christmas classic.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BOB BARNARD, WTTG CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): He's James Leyton Eddins, a healthy six pound, 14 3/4 ounce Christmas baby whose mother Kirsten has a gem of a story to tell.
KRISTEN EDDINS, MOTHER: It was just the most natural thing I guess you could experience. It was, I knew at that moment, I'm like I'm having this baby.
BARNARD: The fourth child of Kristen and James Eddins of Newmarket, Maryland, James Leyton is getting accustomed to his new world at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The odyssey of his adventurous birth played out here along Gashouse Pike early Christmas morning.
(on camera): Kristen and James, Sr. were in their SUV rushing to the hospital in the middle of an unexpected snowfall when baby James decided he couldn't wait any longer. Daddy James didn't hit the brakes till his namesake son was already born, right there in the front seat. He called 911 for guidance along the way.
JAMES EDDINS, FATHER OF NEWBORN: My wife's having a baby and I don't think we're going to make it.
BARNARD (voice-over): It was 2:16 Christmas morning when the call came in to Frederick County's emergency dispatch center.
MATT WILES, 911 DISPATCHER: Can you see any part of the baby?
JAMES EDDINS: No, no, hell I'm trying to drive. I'm trying to get us there.
WILES: All right, look, I'm going to need you to pull over somewhere, all right?
JAMES EDDINS: OK.
WILES: OK, hold on. Kristen, seriously, what's, where are you at, do you think?
KRISTEN EDDINS: Oh my god, I'm pushing here...
WILES: Don't push! You can't push!
KRISTEN EDDINS: He just came out and I was like oh my god, he's here. And my husband said no way. And there was just like total silence. It was calm. We looked at each other and I'm like I can't believe what just happened. We just had a baby in the car.
JAMES EDDINS: He's born. He's out. Please hurry.
WILES: He's out? You got him?
JAMES EDDINS: Yes, he's...
WILES: All right, look, OK, do you have a string or a shoelace you can tie around the umbilical cord?
BARNARD: That was dispatcher Matt Wiles on the other end of the line eight months on the job seeing Baby James for the first time.
WILES: I think it's beautiful. High excitement, definitely. I just tried to keep everybody calm and deliver the baby.
BARNARD: Waiting for Friday's homecoming are James' three older siblings.
KRISTEN EDDINS: They're just, they just, my 3-year-old said to me, she's like, did Santa bring the baby? And I said yes, Aimsley (ph), Santa brought the baby.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COSTELLO: And you thought only storks brought the babies.
All right, thanks to Bob Barnard of our Washington, D.C. affiliate WTTG for getting us that story.
And a reminder, the family will be guests on AMERICAN MORNING, and that's coming your way in about five minutes.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Aired December 27, 2002 - 06:52 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: What would Christmas be without the story of an infant born on a cold and snowy night? Now, substitute an SUV for a manger and a 911 dispatcher for a shepherd.
Bob Barnard of affiliate WTTG has this modern version of a Christmas classic.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BOB BARNARD, WTTG CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): He's James Leyton Eddins, a healthy six pound, 14 3/4 ounce Christmas baby whose mother Kirsten has a gem of a story to tell.
KRISTEN EDDINS, MOTHER: It was just the most natural thing I guess you could experience. It was, I knew at that moment, I'm like I'm having this baby.
BARNARD: The fourth child of Kristen and James Eddins of Newmarket, Maryland, James Leyton is getting accustomed to his new world at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The odyssey of his adventurous birth played out here along Gashouse Pike early Christmas morning.
(on camera): Kristen and James, Sr. were in their SUV rushing to the hospital in the middle of an unexpected snowfall when baby James decided he couldn't wait any longer. Daddy James didn't hit the brakes till his namesake son was already born, right there in the front seat. He called 911 for guidance along the way.
JAMES EDDINS, FATHER OF NEWBORN: My wife's having a baby and I don't think we're going to make it.
BARNARD (voice-over): It was 2:16 Christmas morning when the call came in to Frederick County's emergency dispatch center.
MATT WILES, 911 DISPATCHER: Can you see any part of the baby?
JAMES EDDINS: No, no, hell I'm trying to drive. I'm trying to get us there.
WILES: All right, look, I'm going to need you to pull over somewhere, all right?
JAMES EDDINS: OK.
WILES: OK, hold on. Kristen, seriously, what's, where are you at, do you think?
KRISTEN EDDINS: Oh my god, I'm pushing here...
WILES: Don't push! You can't push!
KRISTEN EDDINS: He just came out and I was like oh my god, he's here. And my husband said no way. And there was just like total silence. It was calm. We looked at each other and I'm like I can't believe what just happened. We just had a baby in the car.
JAMES EDDINS: He's born. He's out. Please hurry.
WILES: He's out? You got him?
JAMES EDDINS: Yes, he's...
WILES: All right, look, OK, do you have a string or a shoelace you can tie around the umbilical cord?
BARNARD: That was dispatcher Matt Wiles on the other end of the line eight months on the job seeing Baby James for the first time.
WILES: I think it's beautiful. High excitement, definitely. I just tried to keep everybody calm and deliver the baby.
BARNARD: Waiting for Friday's homecoming are James' three older siblings.
KRISTEN EDDINS: They're just, they just, my 3-year-old said to me, she's like, did Santa bring the baby? And I said yes, Aimsley (ph), Santa brought the baby.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COSTELLO: And you thought only storks brought the babies.
All right, thanks to Bob Barnard of our Washington, D.C. affiliate WTTG for getting us that story.
And a reminder, the family will be guests on AMERICAN MORNING, and that's coming your way in about five minutes.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
