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Faraway Marine sees daughter born
Associated Press
Published November 9, 2007
OKLAHOMA CITY A long way from home while stationed in Iraq, Marine Sgt. Chad Mortenson didn't have to miss the birth of his first child. Through a live videoconference link set up by a charity, Freedom Calls Foundation, Mortenson, 25, watched his wife, Denae Mortenson, deliver the couple's first child at Integris Southwest Medical Center on Wednesday. "It was wonderful. The whole time he was talking to me," said Denae Mortenson, 20. She said, "It was like he was there, but he was just on a screen." Jayden Faith Mortenson was born at 8:11 a.m., weighing 6 pounds, 13 ounces. "She's doing great - 100 percent healthy," Denae Mortenson said.
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