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Health First OB/GYN Dr. Vanessa Dance pointed out that Carter was also born on the Space Coast near Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, where NASA crews count 3-2-1 before launching.

\"Everyone in the room actually started cheering when the baby arrived -- and it reminded us of the launches you can actually see from our patient rooms at the hospital,\" Dance told \"GMA.\" \"No one could have planned that!\"

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PHOTO: Carter Kerr was born at Health First's Cape Canaveral Hospital in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on 3/21 (March 21) at 3:21 p.m in the 321 area code in Brevard County. Mom Charish Persico of Merritt Island, was originally due on March 26.
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Persico said she and dad, Justin, are \"over the moon.\" The first-time parents have already begun collecting newspaper headlines of Carter's \"321\" birth.

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