U.S. Soldier in Iraq Watches Daughter's Birth via The Internet
An AP newswire article by Jennifer Bundy, via ABC News, reports that:
Sgt. William Hamrick II witnessed the birth of his daughter Monday. That may seem unremarkable except that Hamrick was 6,000 miles away in Iraq.
When doctors induced labor Monday morning at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg, Hamrick was virtually at his wife's side via live Internet video and satellite audio link.
The 25-year-old soldier could see and hear everything as it happened in the hospital room. The satellite audio link let him talk his wife through the contractions. And at 4:04 p.m. in West Virginia, just after midnight in Baghdad, he was able to watch as Elaina Jo Hamrick came into the world.
Angela Hamrick could only hear her husband, but she had a framed photo of him at her bedside.
"Just being able to hear his voice was well worth it," the new mom said. "I knew he was around me somehow."
posted by Fergie @ 8/08/2005 07:22:00 PM
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