Normally twins are born only minutes apart, but on New Year's Eve a Florida set was born with a decade between them.
The Velasco twins were born at Tampa General Hospital during an emergency surgery, Tampa Bay Online reported.
Marcello was delivered at 11:59:37 p.m., the last baby born at the hospital in 2009. Brother Stephano was delivered about a minute later at 12:00:02 a.m. on January 1, 2010. He was the first baby born at the hospital this decade.
"We never think that we would be the first of the year, or the last of the year, nothing like that, "the twins' father Juan Velasco told TBO. "But I'm really happy."
The twins were born six weeks premature and were sent to the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, Catherine Lynch, the doctor who delivered them, told the outlet.
The duo is expected to remain there for about eight weeks.
Lynch said the babies were delivered early because one of the twins was not getting adequate nutrition from the placenta.
"So they'll always be twins, but now they each have their own special day," Lynch said.
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Subject: Twins born decade apart 
Wed Jan 06, 2010 5:49 pm
