NJ State Police Troopers who helped Deliver Lakewood Baby on GSP Honored

it is a pleasure to make this presentation this evening we have three fine youngest distinguished gentlemen who are here today two of them which will be getting awards and i guess the supervisor came as well we appreciate that um it is known it was in the news uh a story which happened with a lakewood resident who was traveling to have a baby in a hospital medical center and on the way while they were on the garden state parkway this couple had the baby on the parkway expecting a mother who obviously requested her name to remain private when kaleigh was driving and immediately the father would be part of the minigame on the side of the roadway and called 911 immediately and mustang says sister's wife until the troop is orion uh we have two state troopers who were here this evening who actually uh assisted in the birth process and carlos messer charles messer and officer yonder bertado who at that time went to immediately um trooper her title immediately moved to shirt and wrapped the baby in in it and handed it to his mother while waiting for the paramedics the troop was helped with other aspects of the birthing processes west of weston as well when the paramedics arrived the troopers assisted by attaching the clamps to the biblical call report and trooper hurtado had the honor of cutting the court and carrying the baby to the ambulance mother and baby were taken to mountain medical center in long beach the new parents expressed their appreciation for their assistance and we too here in lakewood township myself my college county committee we here have called you this evening to be here as well so that we can present you with an appreciation for taking care of our later residents liaison emergency services because the olympics team was also in ut himself to come down as well to assist me with the township presentation miles an hour certainly close to the speed limit and deliver a baby so congratulations and thank you on behalf of what you did for our liquid residents and to your supervisor for supervising the troops that that are able to uh perform this i know this is probably one of the better things that you guys like to do as officers dealing with bringing happiness and life into the world so congratulations and thank you i'm sure it must have been we'll probably put your training to the test a little bit you get a little nervous but it'll all as well that ends well without further ado we'd like to pull upon orphan trooper carlos messer and trooper yoni avocado am i pronouncing that right of course got it thank you very much this is much appreciated anything like that i just i want to you know thank the uh you know the mayor and the council and the uh uh chaplains association of new jersey in recognizing uh troopers uh hurtado and mesa uh their good work not only with the division of state police but in troop d does not go unnoticed by our command and we thank these troopers very much for what they do every day out there thank you very much presentations i guess the uh the organization the jersey chapel association has a presentation as well i'd like to call upon larry loigman to uh present the plaques that they have as well for these troopers thank you mr mayor all right the new jersey chaplains association though it's based in lakewood is a statewide organization of chaplains from different and deals with individuals who have situations at hospitals or other types of institutions but also is very interested in working with law enforcement and other government agencies to help our citizens and certainly what was done by these two troopers epitomizes the type of service that we expect from our government employees whether they're in law enforcement or any other type of agency this is above and beyond anything that we would ordinarily expect when someone thinks of a of a state trooper or a local police officer they think of crime fighting and writing tickets and all of those types of things which are very important but bringing new life uh into the world i i don't think there's anything to compare with that and i'm sure you just represent the commander would agree with that the jewish community has a concept called karasantov which means to express appreciation and it's not just something that you do by saying thank you and then going back your business it really means putting your heart into it and and really believing that what has been done is something that was intended to be done by god in order to better the world we read so much about bad things going on we see so much in the newspapers and we hear so much on the radio about all the terrible things going on and there are miracles that are happening every day that we need to take notice of and certainly it's a miracle to have a baby born under these circumstances it's a miracle to have people uh such as these two troopers who exhibited such professionalism and such calm and such dedication and such knowledge uh so that they were able to help this couple uh at their at their time of need and really bring about this tremendous celebration for that family so on behalf of the new jersey chaplains association and really on behalf of the liquid community i'd like to present these certificates to troopers mesa and her daughter you