Woman gives birth on subway train
By Associated Press, 7/30/2003 11:51
BOSTON (AP) A woman gave birth to a boy Wednesday morning on a subway train in
Boston, transit police said.
Passengers said the mother quietly declined their assistance while she was in
labor on the full rush-hour train, said Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Lt.
Gary Fredericks. He met the train at the JFK stop on the Red Line after train
commuters used cell phones to call for help.
''She didn't tell anybody, didn't say a word,'' about the birth, Fredericks
said. ''Next thing they knew the baby was on the floor.''
The woman had just gotten off the train with the baby when officers arrived, he
said.
The mother whom Fredericks identified as Joyce Judge, 43, of Braintree and baby
were taken to Boston Medical Center. Police said both were doing well but no
other information was being given.
By Associated Press, 7/30/2003 11:51
BOSTON (AP) A woman gave birth to a boy Wednesday morning on a subway train in
Boston, transit police said.
Passengers said the mother quietly declined their assistance while she was in
labor on the full rush-hour train, said Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Lt.
Gary Fredericks. He met the train at the JFK stop on the Red Line after train
commuters used cell phones to call for help.
''She didn't tell anybody, didn't say a word,'' about the birth, Fredericks
said. ''Next thing they knew the baby was on the floor.''
The woman had just gotten off the train with the baby when officers arrived, he
said.
The mother whom Fredericks identified as Joyce Judge, 43, of Braintree and baby
were taken to Boston Medical Center. Police said both were doing well but no
other information was being given.
