Facing 40 mile-an-hour winds and raging surf, a North Carolina ambulance crew had to abandon their rig and proceed on foot to help a pregnant mother.
The patient, Kendra Long, began going into labor at 5:30 Saturday morning, just as Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall. Paramedics and firefighters Beaufort Rescue and EMS responded to the call, but as they neared their destination their ambulance was overwhelmed by the surf.
Medics left the vehicle and proceeded on foot to the Long house, and there they waited for a high-water rescue vehicle to transport them to the hospital, WNCT reports.
Shortly after they arrived at Carteret Healthcare, which had no power, baby Laytham was born at 7 pounds, 4 ounces.
