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Garcia ran to the bathroom to get ready after his wife woke him at 1:45 a.m. Friday.He came out moments later to find her leaning against a wall.
"He's coming right now!" she shouted.
"What?!" an anxious Garcia shouted. "Don't do this to me!"
"His head is coming out!" his wife yelled.
Garcia dialed 911.Moments later, a trio of Ridgefield Park police officers needed only a minute to complete a special delivery there in the home -- all six pounds, 13 ounces and 19 inches of him -- "the same measurements as when I was born," Garcia said. "What are the chances of that?"
Lyon Judah -- a name of royalty regarded as a reference to Jesus among Christians -- is Garcia's first child. Peralta also has another.
The couple invited Officers Brad Gilmoure and Kenneth Knebl and Sgt. Justin Tress back to show their appreciation with a plaque they had made (see video above).
"I'm so grateful," Garcia said. "The Lord blessed me with an amazing wife and stepson that I love and care for as my own -- to now my very own son.
"Everybody's great," he told Daily Voice Wednesday morning. "We're blessed....It was definitely a miracle."
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