Kids & Family

Orange Police Officers Help Deliver Baby In Time For Christmas

Baby Jillian was born just before 10 p.m. on Dec. 23. Click to see a photo.

Baby Jillian was born on Dec. 23 with help from Orange Police Officers Frank Koshes and Emily Taylor.
Baby Jillian was born on Dec. 23 with help from Orange Police Officers Frank Koshes and Emily Taylor. (Image via Shutterstock)

ORANGE, CT — Baby Jillian, a healthy baby girl, will get to see her first Christmas tomorrow with a little help from a pair of Orange police officers.

The little girl was born just before 10 p.m. on Dec. 23 with assistance from Officers Frank Koshes and Emily Taylor, according to the post below in the department's Facebook page.

She was born inside her own home, with lots of help from the mother and father.

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"Officers arrived to find the baby had just been born and immediately assisted by clamping and cutting the umbilical cord, suctioning the nose and mouth, and wrapping and warming up the baby before the arrival of the AMR Paramedic and the ambulance. Congratulations on a job well done by everyone," officials wrote.

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