Overview

• On Sept. 2, Luis Mendoza delivered daughter Kamilah in the family's SUV after Angelica Martinez went into intense labor two blocks away.
• Surveillance video from Methodist Dallas Medical Center shows staff rushing outside after the birth at the main entrance.
• Retired nurse manager and front-desk volunteer Carrie Urista reached the vehicle first and praised Mendoza as "the hero of the day."
• Hospital president John Phillips joined nurses and doctors who brought supplies and transferred mother and baby to labor and delivery moments later.
• The family visited the hospital on Sept. 16, Kamilah’s original due date, to thank responders, and report that both mother and newborn are doing well.