Southern Pennsylvania Transit
Authority officers jumped into action to help a mother deliver the
ultimate Christmas gift Thursday evening — a baby boy.
The
delivery happened around 6 p.m. on a Market Frankford Line subway train
underground in Center City Philadelphia as an eastbound train
approached the 15th Street stop.
"When
she was on the train I guess the baby said, 'I'm ready to come out
now," said witness Toney Harris-Saunders who was on his way to see
family for Christmas.
Harris-Saunders,
a 26-year-old Philadelphia resident, said he called 911 when he saw the
woman having the baby in the seat in front of him — calling the entire
experience a "phenomena."
"I
helped relax her and a couple of other people helped her as well ...
told her to relax, to take some breaths," said Harris-Saunders.
That's when the train stopped and SEPTA police officers stepped in.
After the delivery, mother and baby were taken to nearby Hahnemann Hospital in good condition.
"Officer, hey, somebody's having a baby," said SEPTA Officer Daniel Caban.
"Inside I was just praying for the medics to come in," said Caban.
"Everything just happened so quick but it was amazing, said SEPTA Officer Darrell James.
The
officers delivered the baby, removed the umbilical cord from the boy's
neck and then placed the boy in his mother's arms as the boy's father
removed the shirt off his back to keep his son warm.
SEPTA Police Chief Thomas Nestel III tweeted his department’s excitement over the special delivery.
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