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INDEPENDENCE BABIES: Aaliyah’s Independence debut

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They are a special group – born on the same day that Barbados celebrates its nationhood. They are the Independence Babies and throughout November, the NATION will be taking a look back at Independence Babies through the years. Do you recognise anyone you know? 

This story was originally published in 2004.

At 13 lucky minutes into Independence Day, November 30, Sally-Ann Phillips got her wish fulfilled when she brought her second child into the world.

Cradling her daughter, Aaliyah, in her arms at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30-year-old Phillips expressed her happiness at giving birth to the first baby born on Independence Day.

 “I was hoping I would,” she said with a shy smile. The 6 pound, 14 ounce infant was the first of several babies born on the birthday of our nation.

For her efforts, the Kiwanis Club of Barbados Central presented Phillips with a Johnson & Johnson hamper of baby goods, donated by SBI Distributors.

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