With assist from Internet, GI in Iraq watches daughter's birth 6,000 miles

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With assist from Internet, GI in Iraq watches daughter's birth 6,000 miles away

By JENNIFER BUNDY
Associated Press

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Sgt. William Hamrick II witnessed the birth of his daughter Monday. That may seem unremarkable -- except that Hamrick was 6,000 miles away in Iraq.

When doctors induced labor Monday morning at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg, Hamrick was virtually at his wife's side via live Internet video and satellite audio link.

The 25-year-old soldier could see and hear everything as it happened in the hospital room. The satellite audio link let him talk his wife through the contractions. And at 4:04 p.m. in West Virginia, just after midnight in Baghdad, he was able to watch as Elaina Jo Hamrick came into the world.

Angela Hamrick could only hear her husband, but she had a framed photo of him at her bedside.

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[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Amazing. I pray he gets home in one piece to his sweet little baby.