CBS 8 shows archive footage of cesarean birth to 69-year-old Earl Wentworth for first time. CBS 8 was San Diego's first television station which meant our cameras often captured San Diego County history in the making. On October 21, 1953, CBS 8 televised the first cesarean birth in San Diego history. In this Zevely Zone, I tracked down the special baby born that day. Cesarean births these days are quite common in the United States, by some estimates more than one million babies a year are born by C-section a year, but back in 1953, Earl Wentworth's birth was big news. MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/zevely-zone/baby-from-san-diegos-first-televised-c-section-from-1953-lived-a-good-life/509-47b80a81-ab7d-483b-85cd-0cdd4aaaf981