A Maryland firefighter was nine months pregnant and was already having labor contractions when she was involved in a multi-car crash and rescued a person trapped in a car.
In an incident earlier this month, 30-year-old pregnant Megan Warfield brushed off her labor contractions to save a fellow woman trapped in her vehicle.
She initially thought she was going to direct the traffic until she saw that a car was overturned.
"I started to climb in there with her, but then I was like, 'What are you doing? You're nine months pregnant,'" Warfield told Today. And yet "running on adrenaline," as she had described, she continued and decided to hold onto the victim to keep her in place since she did not know the injuries that she got.
Wired to help and serve, she set aside what she was feeling and made sure that the victim remained calm, knowing that it was such a traumatic incident.
From saving to giving birth
The paramedics arrived shortly after to take over. Joshua Daugherty, Warfield's boyfriend and father of the unborn baby, was one of the paramedics that first arrived on the scene.
Warfield immediately went to the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to have herself checked. She found out that the accident had already induced labor and had knocked the baby in her tummy into a traverse or sideways position, Motherly reported.
What she thought was just a check-up turned into labor and straight into giving birth.
Warfield and Daughtery welcomed a healthy little girl named Charlotte on October 4, less than 24 hours after the crash. Charlotte joined siblings Ellie, 6, and Jameson, 5.
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'A true public servant'
According to Elise Armacost, director of public affairs for the Baltimore County Fire Department, the Baltimore County emergency medical service (EMS) units were able to transport six patients to two local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
In an email to Today, the Chief of Warfield, Joanne Rund, commended her heroic act saying that they take pride in their dedicated Fire and EMS personnel who give their all on and off duty.
On the other hand, the Bowleys Quarters Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department posted their praises on their Facebook page, stating that no good deeds should be left unrecognized and calling Warfield "selfless" and "a true public servant."
The said post now has 1.2k shares and 3.6k likes. There were also almost 350 comments, all applauding Warfield's bravery.
One comment described the firefighter as an "angel amongst us," and another as a "true hero."
One Karen Rigney declared that Warfield is a blessing to her community and is "already an amazing mother and role model" not only to her baby girl but to girls of all ages.
