Human Interest Story

DENVER -- Within minutes of stepping off a bus Tuesday morning, a woman dropped a special package at the downtown Denver library -- a baby."We had a little bit of a library miracle here today," said Thomas Scott, manager of security at the library.The woman walked off the Regional Transportation District bus at about 9 a.m. and asked for help, he said. She looked distressed and told a library employee she was not feeling well. It was immediately apparent she was going into labor, Scott saidSecurity guards helped guide her to the side of the main foyer and laid down jackets on the floor for her as first responders were called."We were about half way there and our notes showed the mother's water had broken," said Greg Sheehan, a Denver firefighter."We figured out shortly, we were going to deliver there and then," said Lt. Randall Wells, who was also on the crew from Station 8.Scott said the woman delivered a healthy girl 13 minutes after she walked through the library doors. The mother, whose name has not been released, and newborn were taken to the hospital and are doing well, Scott said.The woman talked to the media Wednesday morning. She and her daughter were given lifetime library cards by the library.Scott and other library employees say they are excited about the library's new card holder. It is the first time a baby has been born at the library.Scott said library personnel are extremely proud of the way employees responded quickly to the emergency and how library patrons gave the woman privacy.The crew from Station 8 said they will not soon forget the baby girl who couldn’t wait to check out the library.Butler said, "She'll have a good story to tell the rest of her life, there's no doubt about that.”