Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NEW YORK, June 24 (UPI) -- A New York couple say their baby daughter was born in a city subway station with the help of compassionate commuters. Francine and Max Alfontent, both 27, said they were taking the F train to Bellevue Hospital after Francine started feeling the baby coming, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday. Advertisement "My wife started feeling funny on the train so I told the conductor and he called ahead to the station," Alfontent said. "When we pulled in I put her down on the platform and her water broke. I was happy the baby was coming, but I have to admit I was a little bit scared." Alfontant said he and his wife were assisted by a nurse on her way to work at the hospital and got off the train with them. He said one rail rider surrendered his briefcase for his wife to use as a pillow while another went up to the street to guide paramedics. "At last four trains came into the station and it seemed like people from every one of them stopped to help," said social worker Wendy Brown, who assisted with the delivery. Advertisement Paramedics arrived and helped Francine complete the delivery. The baby girl, named Soleil, was born healthy and weighed in at 6 pounds, 7 ounces.
