A Maryland firefighter recently took care of a crash victim after their cars collided. She waited until emergency responders arrived on the scene to take over.
And she just so happened to be nine months pregnant at the time of the crash. Not even 24 hours later, she would give birth to her daughter.
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Megan Warfield is a firefighter with Baltimore County, Maryland.
In early October, Megan was hosting an annual memorial golf tournament in her late father’s name. On her way home from the event, her vehicle collided with that of another.
Megan was concerned about another victim, whose car was overturned.
Though she was close to the end of her pregnancy term and injured from the crash, Megan exited her vehicle to care for the victim in the other car.
Megan was on administrative leave at the time, and not even supposed to be acting as a first responder.
The crash occurred about a week before she was due to give birth, and her pregnancy is ultimately what stopped her from crawling into the overturned vehicle to help the victim.
But she stayed with the victim and did everything she could.
First responders arrived on the scene shortly after, and included her boyfriend, Josh, who works as a paramedic.
They agreed that Megan should be looked after by the medic at the scene.
And from there, they realized she should probably go to the hospital.
“When the adrenaline started to chill out, I started to shake, and started to get some abdominal cramping,” Megan told Today as she appeared on the show to share her story.
The very next day, Megan ended up giving birth to her baby girl.
Twenty-three hours later, Charlotte was born. Despite coming a little early, it’s clear that the family is overjoyed to be with their new addition.
Megan’s story was also posted to the Bowleys Quarters Volunteer Fire Rescue & Marine Facebook group.
“Megan is a member of the BQVFD and also a career firefighter with Baltimore County, MD ,” the post reads. “Megan has been serving in an administrative capacity for the past several months patiently waiting on the birth of her child.”
The post details how Megan had been in a car crash.
“Ignoring any chance she could be injured, Megan immediately exited her mangled vehicle and began providing care to a person trapped by their overturned car. Megan stayed with this patient until Squad 213 arrived to free the victim. After all patients were evaluated, Megan agreed to an evaluation herself.”
“Less then 24 hours later, Megan delivered her beautiful baby girl.”
“Since no good deed should go unrecognized, we wanted to highlight Megan’s heroic and selfless actions. Congratulations Momma Megan, Job Well Done!”
The post also contained images of the scene, which highlighted the wreckage that occurred.
Thankfully, none of the injuries were life-threatening.
Elise Armacost, Baltimore County Fire Department’s director of public affairs, confirmed that while six injured victims ended up being transported to hospital, all were expected to recover. Though the crash itself was unfortunate, there was still a lot of good to be had.
h/t: Today
