Off-duty border patrol officer helps deliver baby in bathroom stall

An off-duty Border Patrol Agent helped deliver a baby on Sunday in a public bathroom at Liberty Station, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection media release. 

On Sunday, George Huertas was participating in the Miracle Babies Superhero 5k with his family. As they were packing up to leave, his sister ran to him and told him that there was a woman giving birth in a bathroom stall nearby. 

Huertas ran to the bathroom and began providing aid to the woman. He helped deliver the baby using rubbed gloves that were given to him by a janitor. 

The agent was able to successfully deliver the baby and wrapped him in his sister’s baby blankets. He remained with the baby and his mother until medical personnel arrived at the scene to take over and cut the baby’s umbilical cord. 

Huertas is a member of the Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue (BORSTAR) in San Diego and a trained emergency medical technician. Furthermore, he is “highly active within the premature baby community, as he has a son who spent the first three months of his life in the NICU,” according to the media release.

“If you know George, you know he is too humble to bring this up for attention,” said Michael E. McEwan, the Acting Commander of San Diego BORSTAR. “He only told a group of us in passing during muster and downplayed the whole incident.”

“George responds to those in need on and off duty,” added McEwan. “He is a strong advocate for those under his care. He truly embodies what it means to be a BORSTAR Agent and lives our moniker ‘So Others May Live.’”

The condition of the baby and the mother are unknown.