A boy born at 21 weeks and a day weighing under a pound has been
officially declared as the world’s most premature baby to survive.
Curtis Means was delivered in Birmingham, Alabama, last year
weighing just 420g (14.8 ounces). Now 16 months old, he is
“thriving”, according to the BBC. The medic who oversaw the
delivery told Guinness World Records: “I’ve been doing this almost
20 years, but I’ve never seen a baby this young be as strong as he
was
