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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – As many mothers will tell you, 20 minutes isn’t very long from the time a woman’s water breaks to the time her baby is born. That is exactly what happened in South Lake Tahoe on Wednesday, June 23.
911 dispatcher Rachel Carlson answered a call that night from Theodore Tofanelli. His girlfriend had gone into labor in their Sierra Vista apartment at the “Y” in South Lake Tahoe and there was no time to get her to the hospital.
When Rachel answered, Theodore told her his girlfriend Gisele Aldana was in active labor and he could see the baby’s head. Rachel stepped into action per their Emergency Medical Dispatch procedures and helped dad through all of the steps of delivery…
