An Oakland Fire Department dispatcher was honored on Friday in a ceremony where she met the parents of a baby she calmly helped deliver over the phone when the mother unexpectedly went into labor.
On Feb. 12 at about 11:45 a.m., dispatcher Monica Rios responded to a 911 call from Martin Diller after his wife, Ricki Dorman, went into sudden active labor, the Fire Department said. Over the next few minutes, Rios calmly coached Martin through the safe delivery of their son, Jack, and the placenta, as firefighters responded about 10 minutes later to take them to the hospital, the department said.
Both the baby and mother were doing well after the delivery and the parents later reached out to the department to thank Rios personally and request an opportunity to meet her. On Friday, the family was present when the department presented Rios with a Stork Pin, recognizing her role in helping safely deliver the baby before firefighters…