ORANGE COUNTY ALMANAC : 10 Years Ago Today . . .
. . . Huntington Beach fire dispatcher Steve Rothert said he was glad he had once attended natural childbirth classes.
After receiving a call from a 38-year-old Westminster woman in labor, Rothert coolly talked Ella Youngblood through the birth of her son after dispatching paramedics to the scene. Baby and mother were fine.
Source: Times archives
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