--- title: Baby Born in World Trade Center description: Baby born in PATH concourse at the World Trade Center and a Port Authority officer delivered it canonical: https://time.com/3984362/world-trade-center-baby/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-04T20:09:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:09.854Z og:title: A Baby Was Born Overnight at the World Trade Center og:description: She was delivered by a Port Authority police officer og:url: https://time.com/3984362/world-trade-center-baby/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1561ab69438f3e0d/69885ddff887dc2213e91b5a/one-world-trade-center-tower.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The One World Trade Center Tower is seen from West Street in New York og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Baby Was Born Overnight at the World Trade Center twitter:description: She was delivered by a Port Authority police officer twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1561ab69438f3e0d/69885ddff887dc2213e91b5a/one-world-trade-center-tower.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Baby Was Born Overnight at the World Trade Center  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 4, 2015 8:09 PM UTC  The One World Trade Center Tower is seen from West Street in New York, May 20, 2015. The One World Trade Center Tower is seen from West Street in New York, May 20, 2015.Mike Segar—Reuters  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 4, 2015 8:09 PM UTC A baby was born at 2:36 a.m. on the PATH concourse inside the World Trade Center’s transportation hub. Port Authority police officer and trained EMT Brian McGraw, 34, was at the scene with two other colleagues, and he helped deliver Mawra Abdrabo’s baby, with the woman’s husband and 2-year-old son there as well, the [New York _Times_ reports](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/05/nyregion/a-baby-is-born-at-the-world-trade-center-transportation-hub.html?smid=tw-nytimes&%5Fr=0). An ambulance took mom and her newborn daughter, Asenat, to NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital, where the baby, weighing 6 pounds, 4 ounces, is in stable condition, a Port Authority spokesperson told the _Times_. ### See 11 Adorable Babies Swimming Underwater  Zoe, 5 months Seth Casteel  Michael G., 12 months Seth Casteel  Zelda Mae, 7 months Seth Casteel  Emerson, 7 months Seth Casteel  Adeline, 10 months Seth Casteel  Bailey, 14 months Seth Casteel  Colton, 11 months Seth Casteel  Warren M., 11 months Seth Casteel  Khyleigh, 9 months Seth Casteel  Michael R., 4.5 months Seth Casteel  Valentina, 9 months Seth Casteel ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3984362/world-trade-center-baby/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3984362/world-trade-center-baby/"},"headline":"A Baby Was Born Overnight at the World Trade Center","datePublished":"2015-08-04T20:09:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:09.854Z","description":"She was delivered by a Port Authority police officer","url":"https://time.com/3984362/world-trade-center-baby/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Family & Relationships"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1561ab69438f3e0d/69885ddff887dc2213e91b5a/one-world-trade-center-tower.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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