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Baby born in Tennessee on 9/11 at 9:11 weighs 9 pounds, 11 ounces: 'It’s very rare but very special'

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Parents celebrate newborn delivered with some special attachments to September 11th

Cametrione and Justin Brown arrived at a Tennessee hospital on September 11th for a scheduled C-section. When their little girl came into the world, it was 9:11 p.m. and she weighed 9 pounds, 11 ounces.

A  couple who welcomed their daughter on the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks was shocked when the baby arrived at 9:11 p.m. and weighed 9 pounds, 11 ounces.

Cametrione and Justin Brown arrived at Methodist LeBonheur Germantown Hospital in Tennessee on Wednesday evening for a scheduled C-section.

It was around 8:55 p.m. when Cametrione entered the delivery room to welcome her little girl.

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At exactly 9:11 p.m., Christina Brown was born — weighing exactly 9 pounds, 11 ounces.

The baby was born on 9/11 at 9:11 p.m. and weighed 9 pounds, 11 ounces.

The baby was born on 9/11 at 9:11 p.m. and weighed 9 pounds, 11 ounces. (Methodist Healthcare)

“Time was just rolling,” the newborn’s father, Justin, told local news station WREG. “The next thing you know, they called it 9:11 and then they got on the table and they were like, 'Oh my gosh, she weighs 9 [pounds], 11 [ounces].’”

"It's very rare but very special. It just makes her an even more special little girl than she already is," a hospital staff member said.

"It's very rare but very special. It just makes her an even more special little girl than she already is," a hospital staff member said. (Methodist Healthcare)

"It's very rare but very special. It just makes her an even more special little girl than she already is,” Rachel, Laughlin, a patient coordinator at Methodist LeBonheur Germantown Hospital, told the news station.

“I’ve never seen it in 38 years,” she noted.

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Though the couple recognized 9/11 is a time of remembrance and sorrow for the country, they noted their daughter represents joy on such a day.

“She comes in on 9/11, there was so much devastation but she’s bringing all this joy and life into the world because everybody’s been waiting on her,” Cametrione told The Commerical Appeal.