UNION, Mo. - Ann McDonald knew the baby was coming and there wasn't a hospital in sight, so she pulled over and delivered the child outside - appropriately enough - a McDonald's restaurant.
Chayse Westin McDonald was due Wednesday. But on Sunday, Ann McDonald knew her time was getting near - and fast.
Problem was, there is no hospital in this eastern Missouri town, and the closest one was 15 minutes away.
McDonald, whose husband is fighting in Iraq, and the child's grandmother, Linda Cuneio, got in the car, but it soon became evident they wouldn't make it to a hospital. So they pulled over at a McDonald's in Union.
The baby was born beneath the golden arches.
"Of course everyone is like, 'Are you going to name him Ronald?'" Ann McDonald said.
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