And while Sanker was today's hero, we take a look now at two unsung heroes from early Saturday morning. They are WPC Nazira Abdullah and Corporal Lawrence Jones, the officers who delivered a baby on the porch of a police substation while waiting for an ambulance.
Here are their recollections of their quick actions to safeguard the life of a mother and her child.
Lawrence Jones, Corporal
"Coming to Saturday morning like about 10 minutes to three a gentleman arrived at the station, he said officer, officer I need assistance. My wife is going into labor. I just asked where is your wife? He said she's coming on the street so then I tried to call the control room, we tried to get the mobile-first then I got to the control room then they asked if we wanted B.E.R.T. I told them yes."
Nazira Abdullah, WPC
"I went outside to see the mother, she was coming down the street however I went inside to try and get some assistance with the mobile but never succeeded so I went back outside. By the time I went back outside the mother was already having the baby so the only thing I could have done was tell her to give me the baby but she is like, I was nervous she's you know having this baby so I was like ok give me the baby and she's like miss remember the cord so I'm like okay and I just left her with the baby. I took her and the baby in front of the station, the mahogany station, got a chair for her to sit along with the baby and called the ambulance, however, it took like about 10 to 15 minutes for the ambulance to reach after which I took the baby from her and lowered the baby so they could cut the cord and placed the baby in the ambulance. But what I can tell you it was a healthy bouncy baby. It was a pleasure also, you know but the mother and the baby are okay."
In the rush of everything, neither officer got the mother's name, so they haven't had a chance to follow up personally and visit the newborn they delivered.
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