A home­less man helped a pan­icked mother deliver her baby at an Okla­homa rest stop and quite likely saved the child’s life, wit­nesses said. Keaton Mason and her fiancée were dri­ving on I-40 Thurs­day in Okla­homa City when Mason went into labor a month before her due date. Pan­icked, she called 911. After birthing the baby, her new­born wasn’t breath­ing. The umbil­i­cal cord was wrapped around the infant’s neck and she was turn­ing blue. That’s when Gary Wil­son stepped in to help. A para­medic who arrived on scene said the hitch­hiker did every­thing per­fectly. He unwrapped the cord, tied it and rubbed the baby’s back until she began breath­ing. Wit­nesses said Wil­son was per­fectly calm in sav­ing the baby. Rest stop employ­ees offered him a hot meal and a place to stay for the night. Wil­son left the fol­low­ing morn­ing. Mason and her new­born daugh­ter are both fine.

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