‘Strong, beautiful’ conjoined babies separated in marathon 21-hour surgery

A set of identical, conjoined twins will celebrate their first birthday as separate individuals after 21-hour surgery performed last week by doctors in New York. Ballenie and Bellanie Camacho are recovering well from the surgery, which was performed by a team of 50 pediatric surgeons, anesthesiologists and surgical nursing specialists at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York.