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Virtually There

August 10, 2007 8:16 PM

Associate Producer Catherine Cole blogs about how technology enabled a Marine in Iraq to be present for the birth of his daughter:

On Thursday night’s broadcast, we brought you the story of the Greene family. Melissa Greene had her first child Tuesday morning in Brockton, Massachusetts. Her husband, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Tyrelle Greene, was in the delivery room -– despite being 7,000 miles away on the Al Asad airbase in Iraq. (At left, Tyrelle talks with wife Melissa as she holds their newborn daughter Janelle via video teleconference.)

Although he was there virtually, Tyrelle was able to do more than just watch. He comforted and coached his wife through the delivery while witnessing his newborn daughter’s arrival into the world.

“He was trying to coach me, trying to count with me. It all worked out,” Melissa said.

Having her husband there made all the difference to the new mother: “To be able to see my husband last night while going through the birth was the best thing in the whole world.”

The two were able to share the birth through the Freedom Calls Foundation. Through donations, this organization connects troops in Iraq and Afghanistan with their families back home.

Janelle Margaret Greene was born at 12:01 a.m. on August 7, weighing in at 7 lbs., 12 ozs. She is the foundation’s tenth birth.

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