Despite being stationed in Iraq, Francois Clerfe was determined to make the journey home to California in time for the birth of his first child.
Seven flights, 10 connections and two days later, the U.S. Army combat engineer managed just that by January 1.
“Kuwait, to Turkey, to Turkey to Frankfurt, Frankfurt to Baltimore, Baltimore to Atlanta,” Clerfe recounted to WCVB of his trek back to the West Coast. The station further explained that he utilized a special policy in his battalion to return to Monterey to support wife Natalia Svistunova.
“It was fun and exciting at the same time, you know the thrill of thinking the ‘what-ifs,'” he joked of the journey, which spanned thousands upon thousands of miles.
At 9:53 a.m. on New Year’s Day, baby Julia arrived at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. She was the hospital’s first baby born in 2018, WCVB reports.
Lifezette.com
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