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Unscheduled Arrival: Metro Employees Helped Deliver Baby On Board Orange Line Train

Jordan Pascale



A baby was born on a train at the New Carrollton station in July, Metro says.

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A lot of unexpected things can happen on Metro: delays, fires, impromptu dance performances. But earlier this month, a passenger had an unexpected delivery on a New Carrollton-bound Orange Line train — a baby boy.

According to Metro officials, the baby arrived at about 1:40 p.m. on July 13. Workers who clean the trains found the woman in labor and alerted the station manager and emergency medical services.

At Thursday’s Metro board meeting, officials honored workers who helped deliver the child: rail car cleaners Thomas Adams, Latasha Bostic, and José Flores, and rail operations supervisor Mildred Wood.

“We were going about cleaning out trains and then somebody came up to me and said, ‘Um, excuse me, do you have a cart… or a crate?'” Bostic told the media. She said she was confused by this request. “‘Well, it’s a lady on the train. She’s about to give birth.’ ... “So my first instinct was to make sure the train didn’t leave while she was on the train.”

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