Firefighter Jamill Blackman

Human beings shouldn't be this small, thought Shamia Pardlow, nor this color: a sickish, pinkish gray. The baby weighed 1 pound, 16 ounces. Her fingers and toes clung together, fused by ribbons of translucent skin. She wasn't supposed to be born, not for another four months.

Human beings shouldn't be this small, thought Shamia Pardlow, nor this color: a sickish, pinkish gray. The baby weighed 1 pound, 16 ounces. Her fingers and toes clung together, fused by ribbons of translucent skin. She wasn't supposed to be born, not for another four months.