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Chicago responder on snowmobile rescues mom, newborn

The woman and child were taken to an ambulance waiting nearby

By Frank Main Jr.
The Chicago Sun-Times

CHICAGO — A Chicago firefighter on a snowmobile rescued a mother and her newborn about noon Wednesday from a home on a snow-choked South Side street, officials said.

The woman and child, who were whisked to an ambulance waiting nearby, were doing well at St. Bernard Hospital & Health Care Center in the Englewood neighborhood, a fire official said.

“The baby was born a few minutes before we got there,” the official said. “It was a typical run — other than the snowmobile.”

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