It's a Boy! via Skype (from Iraq)

Greetings from SLC.

One of the great things about working at eBay is that the employees are such avid users and participants in the member community, whether it be eBay, PayPal, or Skype. A recent example involved one of our Salt Lake City employees, Dale Hansen, who has been serving a military assignment in Iraq and Kuwait. A few months into his military deployment his wife delivered a baby boy. The great news is the baby is healthy and is doing great. What makes this story even a bit happier is Dale was able to attend the birth from Kuwait via Skype Video.

I’ll let Dale share his experience in his own words via a message he sent to the employees in Salt Lake City.

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I have great news! Abby gave birth to Benjamin Dale Hansen November 29th at 10:12 am and both are doing fine. I was able to be right at her side (in the form of a Laptop with a webcam - the pic is to the right). I spent 6 hours at her side via Skype Video and a few more hours via chat/phone. It was amazing, despite being half way around the world I was able to interact with everyone in the room and see everything happening.

I bought a flag in honor of Benjamin and on November 29th it was flown over Camp Beuhring, Kuwait in his honor. The day before Benjamin's birth I had the opportunity to have lunch with Governor Huntsman (Governor of Utah).  I explained to him that my son would be born any day and that I had purchased a flag for him. The governor was very gracious and posed for a picture with me and the flag (the pic is to the left).

I've attached two pictures. One of myself with Governor Huntsman and the flag flown in honor of Benjamin and the other of Benjamin on my laptop screen about 1 hour after he was born.

Thanks,

Dale