The moment was “surreal”–in a good way.
Cousins Cassidy Thayer and Benjamin Thayer were born at the exact same minute on March 20, 2016.
Military brothers Steve Thayer, 34, and Matt Thayer, 31, welcomed their kids into the world at two different hospitals in North Carolina that night.
Then things got strange.
North Carolina brothers welcome babies at exactly the same minute of the same day https://t.co/fxEZiFiwDJ pic.twitter.com/fB8Ja2b6iI
— People Magazine (@people) March 31, 2016
“My father-in-law asked the nurse what time our baby was born and she said 6:53, and then he texted Steve to ask for his baby’s details — height, weight, length, and time of birth — and when he texted back 6:53, he said, ‘You will never guess what time their baby was born!'” Matt’s wife Brooke told People magazine.
The situation definitely left the family stunned, as well as the nurses at the hospitals.
“It was absolutely surreal,” Matt told Inside Edition. “Being my first child, and being a girl, I was already head over heels in tears. Then I hear about my brother and his wife giving birth at the same time—it was absolutely shocking.”
The new grandparents were a little unhappy, though—they planned to try to make it to both births, but were unable to because of the shocking situation.