Dunwoody police on Monday touted a different kind of close call for one of their own: an officer almost had a hands-on delivery of his own daughter.
Officer Jeremy Massengill apparently realized his wife Jennifer was going to give birth to their daughter Kayleigh Grace before they could reach the hospital.
Putting aside any traditional rivalries with the "other" public servants, Massengill pulled into a Cobb County firehouse and sought help from the paramedics, according to the Dunwoody Police Department's Facebook page.
Massengill sought help by “frantically pounding on the door” of the firehouse, the Facebook post said. The soon-to-be father and the paramedics returned to the car just in time to see Massengill’s wife successfully deliver their now day-old daughter, the post said.
It is unclear if the wife was as panicked as the officer but as the department notes: “While we are trained to handle these types of calls, Officer Massengill can attest that it is a different story when it is your own family.”
Mother and daughter are “happy and healthy,” the post said. Massengill is undoubtedly relieved.
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