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A Haitian woman gave birth to a boy on board of a US Coast Guard cutter Saturday as she prepared to take a US Navy helicopter bound for the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson, a navy official said.
The woman, whose name has not been released, was part of a group of six Haitian victims of Tuesday's earthquake picked up by the US Coast Guard.
The Haitians were about to board a helicopter bound for the USS Carl Vinson when she went into labor, Lieutenant Tim Williams told AFP.
"As we were loading the patients onto the helicopter, one of the female patients gave birth," Williams said.
After the baby was born, the whole group, including the infant and his mother, were transported to the aircraft carrier, which is currently off the coast of Haiti providing humanitarian aid to victims of the quake.
