April 9, 2004

Special delivery

When Ron and Robin LaGrassa left their Middleton home on the night of April 3 to come to the MGH to have their second child, they had no idea that labor would turn quickly into a roadside delivery far from the hospital.

Shortly after leaving the house, Robin LaGrassa's water broke, which accelerated her labor, leaving little choice but to pull over and deliver the baby in the parking lot of the Danvers State Police Barracks — assisted by four Massachusetts state troopers

Right, the four troopers with Colby LaGrassa at a press conference held at the MGH

Troopers Walter Kennan, Michael Forni, Ronald Baker and Anthony Schena, who were all on duty when the LaGrassas pulled into the parking lot, assisted Robin in bringing little Colby LaGrassa into the world. Mom, dad and baby are all doing fine.