Man helps give birth on Parisian sidewalk – child gets his name

After a spontaneous birth on a sidewalk near Paris, the happy mother gave her son the name of the man who helped her give birth with a cool head. The 34-year-old was surprised by contractions on the street and was writhing in pain on a traffic island when the man passed by in the car, the newspaper ‘Le Parisien’ reported on Wednesday. The former Algerian firefighter, who is in France without papers, quit immediately. He assisted the 45-year-old during the delivery until he held the newborn in his arms.

The man told the newspaper that he had already experienced such situations while working in the fire brigade in Algeria and calmed his mother down accordingly. Later, a young woman also helped him until the ambulance arrived. Later he couldn’t sleep for several nights because of all the emotions. When he visited his mother in the hospital, he discovered that she had given her son his name Rabah. The mayor of the Parisian suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois, where the birth took place, thanked the brave helper. He is now hoping for residence papers so that he can get back to work in his actual job. (sda/dpa)