주변의 대략 50명의 행인들도 그녀가 출산할 수 있도록 붙잡고 코트로 몸을 가려 주었다.
몇 분후 응급차가 도착했지만 아기는 이미 세상 밖으로 나온 뒤였다. 목격자들은 모든 일이 5분도 채 안되는 시간에 벌어졌다고 놀라움을 표했다.
폴리의 남편 시안(40)은 "아내는 매우 침착하게 대처했고 매우 강인한 여성"이라고 말했다.
부부는 이미 슬하에 자녀 2명을 두고 있는 것으로 알려졌다.
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
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Woman gives birth to baby in middle of crosswalk in NY
A pregnant woman heading to the hospital collapsed on an Upper East Side street — then gave birth smack in the middle of a crosswalk, the New York Post reported on Tuesday.
Polly McCourt, 39, went into labor at around 4 p.m. on Monday then tried to hail a taxi to the hospital near her home on East 68th Street and Third Avenue, according to the report. But she could no longer wait and got to the ground.
A young doctor spotted the commotion and rushed to her side as other bystanders propped her up and covered her with coats, the newspaper said.
“It was a crazy experience,” the baby’s father Cian McCorty, 40, told The Post.
“My wife was really calm very together….She’s a strong woman,” he said.
A crowd of roughly 50 onlookers formed and an ambulance arrived in minutes — but not before McCourt gave birth, while laying on the pavement, in less than five minutes, witnesses said, according to the report.
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)