Recently, New Jersey State Trooper Michael Patterson pulled over a car for a minor infraction. The interaction between the trooper and the driver was cordial, and the driver, a gentleman named Matthew Bailly, identified himself as a retired police officer from the town of Piscataway.
Trooper Patterson remarked that he was a Piscataway native, and the two men continued to compare notes. Bially recalled that when he was a rookie on the job, he responded to a call on the same street on which the Trooper was raised. On that call, which took place 27 years earlier, he helped deliver a baby.
At this point Trooper Patterson reintroduced himself, saying, "My name is Michael Patterson, sir. Thank you for delivering me."
Yes, Trooper Patterson had stopped the man who delivered him.
As a follow-up, Trooper Patterson and his mother later visited Bailly and his wife to further commemorate the unique circumstances that brought them together on two occasions, 27 years apart.
