Cliff and Cynthia Erickson have a unique story. They were born the same day, same year, at the same hospital and delivered by the same doctor, Dr. John Black, less than 90 minutes apart. Years later, they would marry and start a family.
Seventy years ago, on Oct. 18, two men sat in the Sacred Heart Hospital maternity waiting room. This was when Sacred Heart was still a small brick building between Eighth and Ninth avenues. Each was expecting his third child. Soon Chet Erickson was informed that his wife, Adeline, had just given birth to a healthy baby boy. His name would be Cliff. About an hour and
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