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Formula Brigade

When Shannon Bird of Alpine, Utah, found herself without any means of feeding her newborn baby girl, she turned to her only other option: 911. Thankfully, the dispatcher and Lone Peak Police Department came through for her. 

It was 2 a.m. on January 28 when Shannon attempted to breast-feed her six-week-old daughter and discovered that her milk had dried up. The baby was hungry and impatiently waiting for food, but Shannon did not have any formula to supplement the baby’s food.  

Shannon couldn’t leave the house at that hour of the morning to get formula. She has four other children — all of whom were sleeping at the time, and one of whom had a broken leg — and her husband was away on a business trip. 

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