HALIFAX – For Global News reporter Brett Ruskin, it was just another day until he heard the words “Help me, I’m in labour!”
Ruskin, who reports for Global Halifax, was covering the latest blast of winter weather to hit the city and had been on scene where emergency responders were trying to reach a pregnant woman.
Crews cleared a path to the woman’s house and managed to get her through the snow on a sled and into an ambulance.
Ruskin returned to his car after they left and was preparing to leave when he heard a second woman’s plea for help.
“Help me, I’m in labour!”
I just crawled through a snowbank to help a pregnant woman yelling: "Help!! I'm in labour." I just called 911.
— Brett Ruskin (@Brett_Global)
Woman one week overdue. Contractions 9 minutes. I can hear ambulance approaching.
— Brett Ruskin (@Brett_Global)
Breathing through a contraction.
— Brett Ruskin (@Brett_Global)
He put his camera down and crawled through the snow, and when he reached the woman he found out she was one week overdue and having contractions.
Ruskin helped the woman back through the snow and called 911. He had to explain that there was a second pregnant woman who needed help at the same location where crews had just helped the first one.
They made their way to a neighbour’s house and stayed on the line with the ambulance, which arrived about 10 minutes later.
Ambulance here.
— Brett Ruskin (@Brett_Global)
All loaded up. Details and video coming soon.
— Brett Ruskin (@Brett_Global)
After helping the woman back up to the street, Ruskin packed up again and was on his way, but not before his story had made headlines on Twitter.
RECAP: 1st pregnant lady was "Aleesa" 2nd pregnant lady (who I helped) was "Lisa". Lived next door to each other; both went into labour.
— Brett Ruskin (@Brett_Global)
Kudos to who rescued a pregnant woman, in labor, from a snowbank while live tweeting his experience !
— Halifax_Police (@HfxRegPolice)
Brett Ruskin, is now trending in Canada
— Trendsmap Canada (@TrendsmapCanada)
I hope at least one of those women names her baby Brett. .
— Peggy MacKinnon (@PeggyMacKinnon)
Now there's a reporter who really knows how to deliver the news! Well done.
— Fiona K Parsons (@FKParsons)
I leave Twitter for an hour and helps deliver a BABY?! :)
— Erin Trafford (@ErinTrafford)
If I'm following this correctly, is having a baby.
— Tim Bousquet (@Tim_Bousquet)
Dude, deliver the baby first. Then tweet.
— michael gorman (@MichaelTGorman)
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