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| It's a boy for the lady shot at the Seattle Jewish Federation | |
| 2006-12-01 | |
Tuesday, she finally got to meet the son she saved. Klein, who survived the rampage July 28 at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle that killed a colleague, gave birth to Charley Paz Klein at a Seattle hospital Tuesday night, her spokesman, Howard Bragman, said. The baby weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces. The boy's middle name, which means peace, is in honor of Klein's co-worker, Pamela Waechter, who was shot to death. Naveed Haq, 30, is accused of forcing his way into the Belltown office, shouting epithets and killing Waechter and wounding Klein and four others. "What can you say? This whole thing has been a great challenge," Klein's husband, Erez, said Wednesday. "Now, we have a wonderful result. And it's now time for all the next steps in life. We have a lot of new good things to do." Police officials have called Klein a hero for saving her baby when she came face-to-face with her shooter. When the gunman pointed his weapon at her and squeezed the trigger, Klein swung her left hand over her belly to protect her fetus. A bullet went through her arm and grazed her thigh before lodging in the carpet. "It was a split second that I was able to think. I don't know how, but I was," she told the Seattle P-I after the shootings. "The only thing that occurred to me was, how I was going to save my baby? That was my one shot, my one chance of saving my baby." Even as she was wounded and bleeding, Klein managed to crawl to her desk and call 911. When the shooter pointed his gun to her head, she handed the phone to him and persuaded him to talk to the police dispatcher. He eventually put his gun down and gave up. Klein had worked at the federation, a Jewish charity, since 2003. Her co-workers Christina Rexroad, Layla Bush, Cheryl Stumbo and Carol Goldman also were wounded in the attack. Since the shooting, Klein has been focused on the birth and has had to put her own recovery on hold, her husband said. "Everything has been on hold in terms of her recovery from her gunshot wound," Erez Klein said. But now that she's had the baby, they plan to consult with surgeons and decide when she will have a bone transplant. "Everyone says Dayna saved the baby's life. Dayna thinks the baby saved her life," her husband said. "As the daddy, I'm going to say they did it together." | |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #2 Each new birth is a triumph over those who would eradicate us. Baruch ha-bah! Blessed is he who has come! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-12-01 07:51 |
| #1 Even in the face of such hostility and death that characterizes what Islam is all about, a new life comes into the world. |
| Posted by: badanov 2006-12-01 06:57 |