Soldier deployed in Afghanistan watches birth of twin daughters via Skype

Soldier deployed in Afghanistan watches birth of twin daughters thanks to nurse who live-streamed his wife's caesarian section
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
22 September 2013

Milestone: Pfc Colton Romney is pictured witnessing the birth of his twin daughters Lauren and Liberty via Skype while stationed in Afghanistan

Most dads are the ones holding the camcorder at their children's birth, but Private First Class Colton Romney was in Afghanistan when his wife went into labor so he passed those duties onto a nurse.

But thanks to Skype, that nurse was able to live stream the birth of twin daughters Liberty and Lauren to their father a world away.

Someone back in Afghanistan captured Romney's reaction to seeing his daughters for the first time on the screen of his smartphone in a picture that has since gone viral on the internet.
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