Baby boy born during Hurricane Milton is a 'miracle'

Hurricane Milton was hurtling toward the Gulf Coast Wednesday when a first-time mother went into labor in Port Charlotte, Florida.

It was 4 a.m. ET Wednesday when Kenzie Lewellen’s labor began at her home in Port Charlotte, Florida, with Hurricane Milton hurtling toward the Gulf Coast.

Lewellen and her boyfriend, Dewey Bennett, 24, were both on edge.

“My mind was just running a million miles an hour, like, what am I going to do?” said Lewellen, 22. “I was very nervous.”

Kenzie Lewellen holding her son, Dewey Lester Bennett IV.Courtesy Kim SavageBennett, the baby’s father, said in an interview Thursday, “I was very stressed.”

In 2017, Bennett’s own father, also named Dewey, died when Hurricane Irma slammed into Florida.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/baby-boy-born-hurricane-milton-miracle-rcna174945

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