When twin sisters Kiaya and Kailyn heard their pregnant mom yelling in pain from the bathroom, they immediately dialed 911.
“I told the girls, ‘I think I’m in true labor,” Marquita Gales told ABC News. Shortly after, Gales’ water broke and her twin wound up having to take instructions from Amanda Walker, a dispatcher for the New York County Public Safety Communication on how to deliver the baby. “I was just surprised at how calm they were,” Gales said. “I was panicking…Kailyn was like, ‘Mom, calm down. The 911 lady said you need to calm down.’ As soon as I laid down, two pushes later and Kennedy was here.”
So with the help of her two daughters, Kennedy Gales was born at 6:30am weighing a healthy 8lbs, 4oz. After the successful birth, dispatcher Walker nominated the twin siblings for the 911 Hero Award. Walker and York County emergency officials were all present for the ceremony at Sullivan Middle School’s library to honor the girls with their special plaques.
“When you saw the look on their faces, I think they realized the crowd was all for them and they got embarrassed like teenagers do,” principal Shane Goodwin told ABC News of the 8th graders. “They’re humble kids, just wonderful students. It was a privilege for me to have all those folks there at once so they can get that recognition.”
The ceremony was even shown in the each classroom in their school, and the girls’ are very proud they were able to assist their mom with the unexpected birth of their baby sister. Not bad for two 13-year-olds!
“We were very proud of them and if they wouldn’t have been there, I don’t know how I would’ve had the baby come out happy and healthy,” Gales said. “I want to thank Sullivan Middle School. They were the ones that let us come in and do the ceremony [for the girls] there.”
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13-Year-Old Twins Help Mom Deliver Baby Sister At Home is an article from: LifeDaily