Feel GoodFriday, November 6
A Wilmington police officer helped deliver baby Oliver, and the family just thanked him
The Daily Lowell team
Here's a feel-good one from Wilmington. Tatiana Topala went into labor at her home on Lowell Street on Wed., Oct. 28, and baby Oliver wasn't going to wait for the hospital. Officer Jack Rooney was working a detail down the road, and it was his fifth month on the job.
The delivery moved fast for a rookie officer
- 5 minutes
- from the 911 call to Oliver's birth
- 5 months
- Officer Rooney had been on the job
- 3 years
- old is Thomas, the family's toddler
Sources: CBS Boston, Boston 25 News
“First time holding a baby too so a lot of new experiences all at once.”
WHDH reports the umbilical cord was around Oliver's neck as his head came out. Rooney recalled the academy spent "maybe 10 minutes" on deliveries. The family reunited with the officers Thursday and will tell Oliver the story every year on his birthday.
- Responders: Officers Jack Rooney and Kyle Collins, plus paramedics
- Hospital: Winchester Hospital; mom and baby are healthy
- Reunion: Thu., Nov. 5, at the public safety building
Oliver arrived within minutes of the 911 call
- Oct. 28Topala goes into labor at her Lowell Street home and 911 is called.
- Oct. 28Officer Jack Rooney arrives first, and Officer Kyle Collins follows.
- Oct. 28Oliver is born within five minutes of the 911 call.
- Nov. 5The family reunites with the officers at the public safety building.
Sources: CBS Boston, Boston 25 News
Sources: WHDH, CBS Boston, Boston 25 News