[Anchor]
A baby was born two months prematurely inside a moving ambulance. The baby came into the world with no heartbeat and no sound of crying. However, the emergency responders never gave up until the very end.
The miraculous cry heard inside the ambulance, reported by Kim Minjeong.
[Reporter]
An ambulance races forward with its siren blaring.
Inside was an emergency patient: an expectant mother at 31 weeks experiencing labor pains and bleeding.
[The contraction intervals are getting a bit closer.]
As the ambulance frantically weaves through traffic, the baby is finally born.
Born two months ahead of schedule, the baby was in cardiac arrest, unable to breathe or cry.
Desperate CPR by the emergency responders continues until they reach the hospital room.
[Ah... Baby... Baby, please live!]
Just as it seemed the baby was about to burst into tears,
[It's crying, it's crying, crying, crying! It's crying, it made it, the baby is crying.]
Yet the baby stops breathing again and turns bluish, but the responders refuse to give up until the end.
[Baby, live, live! Now let's go see Mom!]
Finally, the baby's cry echoes out into the world.
[It's crying, it's crying! Let's go see Mom. Mom is right here.]
Admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, the baby was discharged in good health after 50 days. This news became known when the mother posted a message of thanks to the emergency responders on the Seoul Metropolitan Government bulletin board.
[Lee Si-sung / Emergency Responder: As we chanted, "Baby, please live," I felt like our desperate wish reached the child, and it felt truly wonderful.]
Given the special name "Yeojeong"—combining the Chinese characters for "carriage/cart" and "journey" because she was born in an ambulance on the road—the baby is soon approaching her 100th day, and the baby's father left this message.
[Baby's Father (Resident of Seodaemun-gu, Seoul): Thanks to the responders, the baby is growing up healthy and well, and I want to tell them that we will never forget this while raising our child.]
(Video by: Kim Heung-ki | Video Editing by: So Ji-hye | Footage provided by: Seoul Metropolitan Government)
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