The Miracle Baby And Mom

Last week, I got a call from a publication company in London. They publish several magazines in England and they were wanting to do a story on the "Miracle Baby and Mom."

I guess I was about the only person in Colorado Springs who hadn't heard of Tracy Hermanstorfer before. Tracy and her husband, Mike, went to Memorial Hospital on Christmas Eve last year for what they expected to be a normal delivery of their son. But, right after receiving the pain-killing drugs to help her through labor, Tracy went into cardiac arrest and died. Moments later, their son, though delivered by C-section, was still-born.

But, that's not the end of the story, thankfully! For unknown reasons, after delivery, Tracy revived. It wasn't that she had passed out and then woke up. She was clinically dead and then came back! Coltyn also was revived by the emergency medical staff and Mike, who had watched all of this with stunned amazement, received his wife and son back from the dead.

You can do a Google search for Tracy's name or "miracle baby and mom" and you'll see dozens of results. Stories were done about them by all major news networks, all the local news outlets, Reader's Digest, and several other publications. Mike told me that they've been on 27 different TV shows, including Oprah, and about 125 publications.

So, as Coltyn's 1st birthday is approaching, they're still in demand in the news media.

It was an honor to meet the Hermanstorfers and get to photograph them.

The publication, Woman Magazine, is due to be published in less than 3 weeks, and they'll be sending me a copy to add to my collection.

There are many nay-sayers who are trying to find a plausible medical explanation for both the deaths and revivals of both baby and mom, but the Hermanstorfers are, rightly I believe, holding to the fact that a miracle was indeed seen at the hospital that night.

Let me also say that there is a story of another resurrection from the dead that bears mentioning. Jesus Christ died on a cross after a terrible torture. Medically speaking, there was no way he could have survived the ordeal. After three days, he rose from the dead and came out of the grave. Some say his disciples stole his body. Some say Jesus merely swooned, or fainted. In just a few weeks the Western World will be celebrating a holiday that has much to do with the birth of this man, Jesus Christ.

What do you believe about Jesus Christ? I'd like to hear from you about it.

Please read through this website, entitled Two Ways To Live, then feel free to Email me your thoughts.

Thanks for reading.

-Tracy
The Colorado Springs Photographer