Shayla Jones was already in labor when the first tornado came toward her room . ( CNN ) -- Tears flowed and hugs were traded on Thursday in an Oklahoma maternity ward as four nurses saw for the first time the baby whose birth they helped safeguard during a direct hit by Monday 's tornado . It was too late to move her ; her fellow nurses sprang into action to protect her . As her labor intensified , ` ` I knew we were being hit directly ''
Shayla Jones was already in labor when the first tornado came toward her room . It was too late to move her ; her fellow nurses sprang into action to protect her . As her labor intensified , ` ` I knew we were being hit directly ''