By Seth Augenstein
The Star-Ledger
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Little Ryan Bella Dittenhoefer showed up on her due date – much to the trouble of her parents, Chris and Kim.
The Jersey City couple left their home for Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston after Kim’s water broke and she began having contractions. But they were stopped dead in traffic on Route 78 West at about 1 a.m. Monday, as the snow piled up around them.
They were marooned on the side of the highway for several hours as emergency responders tried to find them in the blizzard. Eventually, a Union Emergency Medical Unit ambulance spotted them — though first-time dad Chris Dittenhoefer had to furiously dig out a path for his wife to walk along for roughly a quarter mile.
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