Firefighters Deliver Baby in Barnes & Noble Bookstore

Firefighters Deliver Baby in Barnes & Noble Bookstore

(AP) Bookish baby boy born in LA-area Barnes & Noble
TORRANCE, Calif.
A woman walked into a Los Angeles-area Barnes & Noble looking for books and came out with a baby instead.

Firefighters delivered the newborn Friday night in the bookstore’s lobby at Del Amo Fashion Center, Torrance Fire Department Capt. Steve Deuel said.

The firefighters had responded to a call of a woman in labor and were deciding whether to put her in an ambulance or keep her in the store when they realized the infant was coming.

The mother and child, whose names were not released, were taken to a hospital and both were doing well, Deuel said.

It’s increasingly rare that mothers don’t make it to the hospital and firefighters are must assist, but they’re trained to do it if they must.

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