Two-year-old twins to be separated

IF ALL goes well during a day-long operation on Wednesday, Carl and Clarence Aguirre, two-year-old twins from the Philippines joined at the top of their heads, will wake up in separate beds.

For the first time, they’ll be able to look into each other’s faces. And they should soon be able to sit up, stand straight and walk for the first time - no longer the toddlers who couldn’t toddle.

“I can’t wait to see how they react,” said Dr David Staffenberg, the plastic surgeon on the team that plans to separate the boys at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. “I can imagine them looking at each other and thinking, ‘I know that guy, but how come he’s over there?’”