A mother says she and her newborn son are lucky to be alive after helpers were unable to reach 911 in Kansas City, Missouri, for emergency help.After a difficult birth with her daughter Olive in the hospital, resulting in her first six days in the neonatal intensive care unit, Devin Brown decided to give birth to her son, Wells Brown, at home with the help of a midwife.That childbirth in the early morning of Saturday, August 31, became an emergency when Devin was heavily bleeding, and Wells was born not breathing.“We called 911 three times, and we were put on hold each time,” Devin said.Desperate for help, the mother’s husband, Chris Brown, suggested her sister call her dad in Overland Park. He called 911 there.After 17 minutes, help arrived.Devin Brown and her newborn son, with both of their lives in peril, were rushed to Overland Park Regional Medical Center.“I got …
