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‘Welcome to this world’: Police officer helps deliver baby in Apopka home

Apopka officers delivers baby The first voice a newborn baby heard was that of an Apopka police officer. (Apopka Police Department)

APOPKA, Fla. — The first voice a newborn baby heard was that of an Apopka police officer.

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“Welcome to this world!” Apopka Police Officer Adsudalah Brooks said to the baby he helped deliver on Monday.

Apopka police said Brooks and recruit officer Laura Crespo responded to a 911 call about a woman in labor. Once they got inside the home, they said Brooks, who is a father himself, took charge and helped deliver the baby boy.

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Officers said both mom and baby are doing well at a nearby hospital.



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Sarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson, WFTV.com

Sarah Wilson joined WFTV Channel 9 in 2018 as a digital producer after working as an award-winning newspaper reporter for nearly a decade in various communities across Central Florida.

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