Soldier Witnesses Child’s Birth via Skype
FOX 8 Cleveland
by Monica Volante
December 27, 2013
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL — A determined dad on the Treasure Coast vowed to be there when his new baby boy was born. The only problem, that father was currently serving our country on the other side of the world in Afghanistan, according to WPTV.
U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Rasik was stationed in Afghanistan, but was not going to miss the birth of his son, Benjamin, last month at Martin Memorial in Stuart, Florida.
“It was the happiest moment of my life, followed by the saddest moment of my life when I found out he couldn’t be there,” said Genevieve Rasik, Benjamin’s mother.
Her husband is in the middle of a nine-month tour of duty in Afghanistan.
It was known that Mr. Rasik wouldn’t be able to be physically present for Benjamin’s arrival. That is where a strong internet connection and Skype came in.
“I was skeptical that it would even work,” said Genevieve.
But the couple gave it a shot anyway.
During Genevieve’s planned c-section, her husband’s voice and image were beamed into the hospital room — live via Skype.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013
Sunday, September 22, 2013
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
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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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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Friday, July 5, 2013
Skype therapy? It's working for veterans
Skype therapy? It's working for veterans
LA Times
By Tony Perry
July 4, 2013
Veteran Ruben Moreno Garcia has been working with his VA therapist for two years — but they've never met face-to-face.
EL CENTRO, Calif. — Ruben Moreno Garcia, who served three combat tours in Iraq, now lives with his family in this Imperial Valley community and works as a mechanic in Yuma, Ariz.
Kathryn Williams, a clinical psychologist for the Department of Veterans Affairs, has an office in La Jolla, more than 100 miles away.
Williams and Moreno Garcia meet once a week for an hour or so to discuss his progress in coping with post-traumatic stress disorder, the condition common to U.S. military personnel who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Their sessions are over the Internet, using a firewall-protected connection and a different password for each session.
"Being in your own living room for sessions, that's comfortable," said Moreno Garcia, 31, who studied computers before enlisting in the Army.
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LA Times
By Tony Perry
July 4, 2013
Veteran Ruben Moreno Garcia has been working with his VA therapist for two years — but they've never met face-to-face.
EL CENTRO, Calif. — Ruben Moreno Garcia, who served three combat tours in Iraq, now lives with his family in this Imperial Valley community and works as a mechanic in Yuma, Ariz.
Kathryn Williams, a clinical psychologist for the Department of Veterans Affairs, has an office in La Jolla, more than 100 miles away.
Williams and Moreno Garcia meet once a week for an hour or so to discuss his progress in coping with post-traumatic stress disorder, the condition common to U.S. military personnel who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Their sessions are over the Internet, using a firewall-protected connection and a different password for each session.
"Being in your own living room for sessions, that's comfortable," said Moreno Garcia, 31, who studied computers before enlisting in the Army.
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