Mother stranded in forest gives birth, fights bees, survives on apples!!

Mother stranded in forest gives birth, fights bees, survives on apples

By Associated Press

July 1, 2015 | 9:20am

OROVILLE, Calif. — Authorities rescued a woman and her newborn baby after her family says she gave birth in a remote national forest in Northern California.

US Forest Service spokesman Chris French said Tuesday that a helicopter pilot responding to a brush fire Saturday first spotted a mother and an infant. Rescue workers on the ground whisked the pair to safety and they were taken to a hospital, French said.

French said the cause of the fire is under investigation.

“I cannot confirm the day of birth beyond that she reported to us she had been there for three days,” French said. “Also, her statement to us was that she gave birth at her vehicle within the forest. We did not witness the birth.”

Amber Pangborn, 35, was released from a hospital on Monday, her mother said. The infant, Marissa, remains at the University of California, Davis medical center. The medical center didn’t return a call inquiring about the infant’s condition. Pangborn’s mother, Dianna Williams, said the baby is “doing great.”


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