Zahida Parveen feeds her twin boys, Muhammad Usman and Muhammad Uman, as she takes refuge with her husband, Javed, and daughters Fiza, 7, Humera, 8, in the home of Javed's father in Kot Addu, Pakistan. The story of the boys' birth is one of great peril. Their mother took refuge in her father-in-law's home as she began going into labor. As floodwaters began swamping the land around that home, she began to experience problems giving birth. A Pakistani army helicopter was rushed to the scene and as it was circling to find a safe place to land, she gave birth to Uman. As it landed, Usman was born. Mrs. Parveen was carried on a charpai, or makeshift bed, through floodwaters to the helicopter, which rushed her to a military hospital. "The floods, were devastating, we lost an acre of cotton crops, and it destroyed our home, but the floods also bought happiness for me with the birth of my first twin boys,'' she said. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) #