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Baby born in Tennessee on 9/11 at 9:11 weighs 9 pounds, 11 ounces: 'It’s very rare but very special'
Published September 13, 2019
A couple who welcomed their daughter on the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks was shocked when the baby arrived at 9:11 p.m. and weighed 9 pounds, 11 ounces.
Cametrione and Justin Brown arrived at Methodist LeBonheur Germantown Hospital in Tennessee on Wednesday evening for a scheduled C-section.
It was around 8:55 p.m. when Cametrione entered the delivery room to welcome her little girl.
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At exactly 9:11 p.m., Christina Brown was born — weighing exactly 9 pounds, 11 ounces.
The baby was born on 9/11 at 9:11 p.m. and weighed 9 pounds, 11 ounces. (Methodist Healthcare)
“Time was just rolling,” the newborn’s father, Justin, told local news station WREG. “The next thing you know, they called it 9:11 and then they got on the table and they were like, 'Oh my gosh, she weighs 9 [pounds], 11 [ounces].’”
"It's very rare but very special. It just makes her an even more special little girl than she already is," a hospital staff member said. (Methodist Healthcare)
"It's very rare but very special. It just makes her an even more special little girl than she already is,” Rachel, Laughlin, a patient coordinator at Methodist LeBonheur Germantown Hospital, told the news station.
“I’ve never seen it in 38 years,” she noted.
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Though the couple recognized 9/11 is a time of remembrance and sorrow for the country, they noted their daughter represents joy on such a day.
“She comes in on 9/11, there was so much devastation but she’s bringing all this joy and life into the world because everybody’s been waiting on her,” Cametrione told The Commerical Appeal.
https://www.foxnews.com/health/baby-born-tennessee-9-11