She thought she would have to give birth...alone, but her husband was closer than she thought!

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- She thought she was going to have to give birth...alone.

Her husband, U.S. Army Private Joseph Kunkel, was in Lawton, Oklahoma.

His wife was ready to give birth to their firstborn -- a baby girl -- in Pennsylvania.

"He was like 'I wish I could be there,' and I was like 'yeah, me too," Jena Kunkel said.

What Jena didn't know...was that her husband was closer than she thought.

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