The Brief

BUCKEYE, Ariz. - A baby girl made a surprising entrance into the world on the side of I-10 in Buckeye , not in a hospital room.

Just one week later, the mother and baby are healthy and grateful for the Buckeye firefighters who arrived just in time.

The backstory:

Keyani Perez and her husband, Zaid Gallardo, were on their way to the hospital when their baby girl, Soliana Nayeli, had other plans. As they hit the Verrado Way on-ramp, Perez knew it was time.

Gallardo pulled over and called 911.

"It was just very fast … and honestly, it was kind of a blur. But I am so grateful for it," Perez said.

On the morning of Sept. 8, the couple welcomed their second child. Her birth story is one they will be telling for years.

"He was just telling me to breathe. And I was trying t

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