Wilmington officers helped deliver a baby, then met the family again

Tatiana Topala woke around 2:25 a.m. on October 28 with contractions at her home on Lowell Street in Wilmington, CBS Boston reported. She told her husband, Denis Gotonoaga, to call 911. Officer Jack Rooney was on a detail nearby and reached the door in about 30 seconds. Officer Kyle Collins arrived a few minutes later. It was Rooney's fifth month on the job, and the first time he had held a baby.

Gotonoaga put down a yoga mat and blankets and set their 3-year-old, Thomas, in front of a loud television in another room. When Oliver's head came out, the cord was around his neck. Rooney moved it, and the baby started crying. Oliver was born about five minutes after the 911 call. Paramedic Steve Betman said crews dried him, bundled him, and laid him on his mother's chest before taking Topala and the baby to Winchester Hospital. On Thursday, November 5, the family met Rooney and the other responders at the public safety building. Topala said they will always be grateful.