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Happy glow: A bright spot in the blackout for Melissa Malster was the birth of her son, not named yet, at Mount Sinai Hospital after labor in the dark
Happy glow: A bright spot in the blackout for Melissa Malster was the birth of her son, not named yet, at Mount Sinai Hospital after labor in the dark

Happy glow: A bright spot in the blackout for Melissa Malster was the birth of her son, not named yet, at Mount Sinai Hospital after labor in the dark

Date4/27/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Happy glow: A bright spot in the blackout for Melissa Malster was the birth of her son; not named yet; at Mount Sinai Hospital after labor in the dark.
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