By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, April 23, 1992
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“Honey, I’m probably still going to be pregnant when you get home tonight,” Blanche Sabatini assured her husband Wednesday morning when he hesitated before going to work.
An hour after Alex Sabatini left, his wife began a ride she’ll never forget.
Twins Dana Marie and Alexander Jr. were born to Sabatini in an ambulance on the way to the Hackensack Medical Center.
“It was very exciting,” the 37-year-old Rutherford woman said several hours later. “It just feels great to hold them.”
It was quite a day for the ambulance crew, too. “Honestly, I can’t explain it. It’s just a very different and heartwarming experience,” said Ellie Cosley, captain of the Rutherford Ambulance Squad.
Sabatini said she had been worried because she had heard twins are often born early, and hers were four days overdue.
But mother and infants were in excellent condition after the unusual deliveries, said Dr. Shaul Yarkoni, director of the medical center’s obstetrics and gynecology unit.
Cosley said the ambulance squad responded to Sabatini’s call at about 8:30 a.m.
Dana Marie at 5 pounds, 5 ounces was born on Route 17 at 9:02 a.m., and Alexander Jr. at 7 pounds, 3 ounces arrived at 9:07 a.m. in the ambulance after it pulled into the emergency room parking lot.
Zach Weissman, a Hackensack Medical Center paramedic, delivered Dana Marie with help from Cosley and squad members Mary Melfa and Roseanne Mesisco.
Yarkoni met the ambulance at the hospital, where he delivered Alex with the aid of paramedic Eric Kudlack.
The Sabatinis, who have been married for 17 years, have two other children: Nicole, 10, and Vincent, 2.
Caption: COLOR PHOTO – Blanche Sabatini of Rutherford resting Wednesday at Hackensack Medical Center with her new twins Alexander Jr., left, and Dana Marie. Sabatini is flanked by paramedics Eric Kudlack, left, and Zach Weissman. In the back row, from left, were Ellie Cosley, Rutherford Ambulance Squad captain, and squad members Roseanne Mesisco and Mary Melfa. – LINDA CATAFFO / THE RECORD
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