Okla. Nurses Braced Tornado With Mother in Labor

May 23--NORMAN -- Shayla Taylor was ready to give birth to her second child just as the impending destruction of Monday's EF-5 tornado bore down on the Moore Medical Center. Her four nurses determined her labor was too far along to move her to refuge with the rest of those in the hospital. Shayla's husband, Jerome Taylor, and their 4-year-old son, Shaiden, went downstairs with the others. That left Shayla and the nurses to brace for the storm. The power went out, and the electrical outlets...
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Okla. Nurses Braced Tornado With Mother in Labor

Shayla Taylor's nurses determined she was too far along to move to refuge with the rest of those at Moore Medical Center, and sheltered with her in an operating room.

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