Stranger helps family clear snow when mother goes into labor
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Updated: 3:42 PM EST Dec 19, 2020
Stranger helps family clear snow when mother goes into labor
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Updated: 3:42 PM EST Dec 19, 2020
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MARIA: A ROSLINDALE COUPLE IS WELCOMING A NEW BABY BOY TONIGHT. IT IS THANKS PARTLY TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND A TOTAL STRANGER WHO HELPED THEM DIG OUT SO THEY COULD GET TO THE HOSPITAL. THIS WAS WHAT THEIR HOUSE LOOKED LIKE YESTERDAY MORNING WHEN CHRISTINE BARKER WOKE UP AND REALIZED SHE WAS IN LABOR. WHILE HER HUSBAND JAY RUSHED OUTSIDE, STARTED SHOVELING. CHRISTINE WENT TO FACEBOOK. WHILE SHE WAS IN LABOR, SHE POSTED AN SOS ON THE ROSLINDALE COMMUNITY PAGE, AND OFFERS TO HELP CAME POURING IN. >> THERE WAS ONE PARTICULAR GUY THAT ENDED UP COMING. WE MET ONLY BECAUSE HE SHOWED UP AT OUR HOUSE WITH A MASK, WITH A SHOVEL, READY TO HELP. OUR KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR. MARIA: LOOK AT THE BABY. BEAUTIFUL. TO THANK PAT AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO HELP, THE BARKERS POSTED A THANK YOU AND PHOTOGRAPH OF LITTLE LIAM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. GREAT NAME, BY THE WAY. LIAM WEIGHED IN AT 8 POUNDS, 4 OUNCES.