Bret Baier posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, saying, “Tonight, @AmyBaier1 and I want to thank the staff @ChildrensNatl for once again saving our son Paul’s life.” Our 16-year-old son had to have his fifth open heart surgery yesterday, as you may have noticed from my absence from #SpecialReport over the past few days. This one was deemed an emergency because it was unexpected. We are extremely thankful to the physicians and nurses at Children’s National for his remarkable recovery. I appreciate your prayers and will see you on Monday.

When Paul appeared to have a common cold, the ordeal started. Paul’s mother, Amy Baier, took precautions and took him to a doctor because of his history of heart issues, including five congenital heart defects at birth.