'Take the baby and leave me behind': Mother recounts pact she made with stranger while fleeing California wildfires
35-year-old Rachelle Sanders was faced with the prospect of dying at the hands of Camp Fire and came to the only conclusion she saw fit: her baby had to be saved
A California mother who was forced to evacuate the hospital where she had only recently given birth as Camp Fire threatened to engulf the building in flames has revealed the pact she made with a stranger: that if it came down to it, he would take the baby and leave her behind.
The 35-year-old, Rachelle Sanders, was in recovery at the Feather River Hospital in Paradise having given birth to son Lincoln via cesarean section. But the lives of all patients at the hospital were soon at risk as Camp Fire swept through thousands of acres and quickly approached the city.