Joyful Family Welcomes Greenwich Hospital Newborn From Afar

GREENWICH, CT — As Greenwich Hospital continues to grapple with the new coronavirus, some good news came out of the facility this week in the form of a newborn baby. The facility announced Wednesday that Myles Mackenzie Mangan was born at 8:49 a.m., via caesarean section, to parents Miranda and Nick Mangan of White Plains, N.Y.

Though the occasion was celebratory, the hospital's no-visitor policy, put in place to help mitigate the spread of the virus, also referred to as COVID-19, meant family members could not be present for the baby's arrival.

Still, Miranda Mangan's father, Jason Lustig, along with her stepmother, stepsister and brother-in-law, drove in from Patchogue, N.Y., to wish the couple good luck and await the birth of the baby.

According to the announcement, the four excited relatives stood on the sidewalk outside the couple's hospital window and held up a homemade sign that read "Welcome Baby Mangan." (To sign up for Greenwich breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

"This [was not] exactly how I pictured it," Lustig said in a statement, referring to the arrival of his first grandchild.

According to the hospital, the family arrived at 8 a.m., and news of the baby's birth came less than an hour later via a text from the couple. Myles, the couple's first child, weighed 5 pounds and 2 ounces.

"Mom is doing well in recovery," Lustig said. "That's all we wanted to hear."

Both Miranda and Nick Mangan are physical education teachers, the former working for the Lakeland public school system and the latter employed by the Mamaroneck public school system.

The hospital said the new mother has been on bed rest at the facility for over a week, and her husband arrived at the hospital Tuesday night in anticipation of the procedure.

"Greenwich Hospital has been terrific. They've been treating Miranda like royalty," Lustig said. "We couldn't be happier."