Posted on 07/09/2026 7:06:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin
On June 17, crews with Las Vegas Fire and Rescue responded to reports of a woman in labor inside one of the city's flood control channels. When firefighter paramedic Eric Paul reached the scene, he was immediately handed a newborn who wasn't breathing.
"A bystander said, 'Help him,'" Paul recalled. "The cord was still attached. The placenta was still attached. He wasn't responding initially."
Working in the challenging conditions of the tunnel, Paul quickly cleared the baby's airway, stimulated him, and clamped the umbilical cord so he could better assess the infant.
Moments later came the outcome everyone was hoping for.
"The baby came around, and he was actually very, very healthy," Paul said. "This went about as well as you could ever hope for."
Assistant Chief of Suppression Ken Kreutzer said the rescue also highlights the difficult reality that many unhoused people seek shelter inside Southern Nevada's flood control tunnels, despite the serious dangers they pose.
Flash floods can develop with little warning, and the tunnels also present other hazards. Over the past year alone, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue has responded to hundreds of fires in the tunnel system.
"I understand why they do it. It's much cooler down there. It's a shelter from the sun and the elements," Paul said. "But it's extraordinarily dangerous, not only for them, but for those of us that go down when things do get out of hand to rescue them."
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“unhoused people”
Odds are she’s a junkie mom and should give the baby up.
If we sent all the H-1B visa holders home. We could solve 90% of the homelessness on the west coast in 1 year.
You don’t know that.
There’s many homeless people who aren’t junkies.Its very unkind and in Christian for you to assume she is.
Nevada has a large homeless population and it has grown significantly with the downturn in casino employment.
...AND ...if , as you so in kindly assume she is a junkie why don’t you call around there in Nevada and see what you can do to help her instead of sitting on your throne and pontificating
Where I live, Lane County, Oregon, the percentage of homeless who are drug users is roughly 85%. When offered assistance and treatment, the vast majority refused.
Your and many others have this attitude that you can doABSOLUTELY NOTHING in your personal capacity if
these individuals refuse help. Many aren’t even capable of refusing .
No wonder our country is in the toilet on homelessness
I stated facts.
Facts are facts.
No wishful thinking.
Simply a report of what exists.
Not my opinion. Not my personal position.
Simply facts.
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