MetroSafe 911 call taker helps deliver baby over the phone in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A MetroSafe 911 call taker is being praised for helping a panicked father deliver a baby over the phone — all before paramedics arrived.

Anthony Gore, a MetroSafe call taker, guided the caller through an emergency childbirth during a dramatic 911 call that unfolded in real time.

“The baby is coming out! Oh my God, push... push... push!” the caller shouted during the 911 call.

Gore calmly talked the father through the process, asking critical questions and providing step-by-step instructions.

“Put me on speaker,” Gore told the father. “We can do this together.”

Moments later, the sound of a newborn's cry filled the phone line.

“I cried tears of joy when it happened,” Gore said. “To hear that baby cry — there’s nothing like it.”

The moment marked a major milestone in Gore’s personal journey. Previously, he worked as a prosecutor for the Commonwealth of Kentucky — a career he chose to honor his father, a former police officer and courtroom bailiff.

“My father’s dream was to see his son be a prosecutor, and I did it,” Gore said. “I checked that box.”

But recently, Gore decided to make a change. He left the legal profession and joined Louisville Metro Emergency Services as a 911 call taker — a job he now says is his true calling.

“This is more in line with what is the natural flow of who I am, what I like to do,” he said. “Helping people — it’s what I’m meant to do.”

Though he trained for emergency deliveries, Gore said this was his first time assisting with a real one.

“I’ve delivered a baby in training maybe 10 times,” he said. “But never in real life.”

For his efforts, Gore was recognized with a leaf on the agency’s “Tree of Life,” an honor given to dispatchers and call takers who help save a life.

“He deserved it with the delivery of a baby,” said Jody Meiman, executive director of Louisville Metro Emergency Services. “And it’s just one of many to come.”

As for Gore, he hopes to one day reconnect with the family he helped that day.

“It was a happy moment we shared — even if we’ve never met in person,” he said.