Brooklyn Baby Born in Cab

Aww, there are more details about the baby born in the back of a Brooklyn cab. According to the Daily News, a "panicked taxi driver flagged down two cops while two more arrived to help" 30-year-old Fang Zhao, who was screaming in the cab. Officer Kerryann Douglass told WCBS 2, "She had sweatpants on, and all of a sudden we saw the baby's head coming through the sweatpants. I was like: 'Oh my word.' So I pulled off her pants and out came baby." Douglas and her partner Jobed Serrano caught the baby, and Douglas cleared the baby's airway. Zhao's husband, who tried to get home in time but couldn't when his car service cab didn't show for 45 minutes, said his first words to baby Elina—who is doing well, as is mom— were "You are looking at your daddy now, but you scared your daddy today."

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By Jen Chung in News on December 24, 2008 9:53 AM

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JenChungsBaby

To mark the significance of being born in a cab her middle name is now Muhammad.

angry_pickle

lol look at those slits for eyes

dumb troll

couldn't when his car service cab didn't show for 45 minutes

Can't this guy take a cab or is he so dang cheap he didn't want to pay for a cab?

Snoopy

"you scared your daddy today." What a way to start out your life, scaring your father. He should of given her the "strap." That would have taught her not to scare daddy before Christmas.

mihow

How is babby formed?

nohomo

lol look at those slits for eyes.

Steven

Nice happy story.

S.D.

"I was like: 'Oh my word.' So I pulled off her pants and out came baby."

Quote of the Year!

;)

Glad to hear the baby is OK.

JacqueMehoff

mmmmmmm placenta.

Rob T Firefly

"Oh, my word?" Really?

BlackieJones

God, I hope she cleaned up the mess she made in the cab after she gve birth...

Lautaro

This is a heart-warming story for a cold and wet day in the city. My favorite part is when the the cops catch the baby- I imagine them crouching down and bracing for impact a la Jorge Posada. Kudos to everyone involved for doing their jobs well.