TOI (PTI | Jan 18, 2012)
NEW YORK: An Indian-origin woman gave birth to her first child during the train ride from New Jersey to New York, in what would be her most unforgettable journey.
At first, Rabita Sarker, 31, of New Jersey said she thought she was experiencing false labour pains as she boarded the train run by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in Jersey City. But as the Manhattanbound train entered New York, Sarker knew her baby could nor wait any longer.
As she went into labour, few passengers helped her panicked husband deliver the baby boy they nicknamed "Jhatpat" - the Hindi word for "fast", a report in the New York Daily News said.
"He decided to come and that was it. Nothing could stop him. Nothing could keep him inside for longer," the report quoted Sarker as saying.
She was later admitted to a New York hospital. "I don't think anybody could actually dream of such a delivery," she added. Sarker and her 30-year-old husband, Aditya Saurabh, were already on their way to the hospital for a medical check-up.
"We were coming here to check if it was false labour or not," she said. "I was like, 'Okay, I'm just doing it for peace of mind'". Wanting to avoid the always-crowded Lincoln Tunnel, they decided to take the commuter train 'PATH' that runs from New Jersey to New York.
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Interesting chain of comments follow the online news item.
reproducing a few:
"Both are intelligent and rich people. Rabita Sarkar is from IIT Kharagpur and MS from Rutgers University. Aditya Saurabh works at Amazon and is from University of Texas."
"congratulations my friends, May God be with you and my Best Wishesto you both and family. Do come to california as my guest -Air tickets are on me 408 621 3314..Best of Luck"
"something else happened which tells u how US treats its ordinary residents/citizens. It was instantly decided by the train driver as soon as he was informed of this to make this an EXPRESS train..this is actually a kind of mumbai local but this was considered an emergency and the train stopped only at Manhattan hospital stop where there were scores of ambulances and cops waiting to greet and take care of them! (of course with everything computerized-i am sure the trains control center had approved this instantly)"
"Also please tell everybody about the $900 bill for each ambulance that is on the way to the new born's family. lol"
"We heard about ‘it’s happen only in INDIA’ really right INDIAN will do everything possible anywhere everywhere........hahaha"
"NRI will go to any level for saving $$$ enjoy ur life in USA"
"There should be Free for Life pass to this Child Jhatpat on this Railway rout !!"
"Haha .. While going through the comments I forgot the about the actual news... funny/ Crazy ppl... BTW congrats to the new mommy and dad .."
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