Annie Smith went into labor just as the waters began to rise around her Houston apartment complex. Realizing a home birth was likely, her husband, Greg — a doctor like Annie — rushed around their apartment collecting supplies that could be used in a delivery, like scissors and needles. But before the baby arrived, a rescue truck pulled up outside and more than a dozen neighbors formed a human chain and carried Annie to the vehicle. The couple's baby girl, Adriella, was born in a hospital later that day. "It's incredible how many people responded," Annie told ABC News, "and were out in the rain trying to help us." Christina Colizza
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