Thank you for your kind words. The mother was a US citizen, but married to a German and living in Germany. She was en route to their condo in Hawaii. When the plane reached LAX, I called the hospital in Winnipeg and they told me she was fine and the baby's heart rhythm by Doppler was also fine.

However, once stabilized, Canada didn't want her to remain there due to potential medical expenses (she was covered under Germany's health insurance, but probably not for another five months). She was not cleared to fly. Her husband flew to Canada and they drove three hours to Minneapolis, where they rented an apartment (family were wealthy newspaper publishers in Germany)and she remained there for five months until the baby was born normally. Rotating shifts of relatives came over from Germany to care for her. I was invited to the baby's baptism later that year but was unable to attend. It is not uncommon for Germany males (especially from Catholic families) to have two middles names. They stuck the baby with my first name as his second middle name.