--- description: Christmas gifts come in all shapes and sizes title: Philadelphia Cops Help a Mom Deliver a Christmas Baby on SEPTA Subway image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [cities](/tag/cities/) ## cities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 2 Philly Police Helped a Mom Deliver a Christmas Baby on the Subway by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 26, 2014 2:37 PM CUT by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 26, 2014 2:37 PM CUT Not all Christmas gifts are delivered by FedEx. Two Philadelphia transit cops helped a woman [deliver her baby son](http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/weird/SEPTA-Market-Frankford-Line-Baby-286839701.html "undefined") on an underground subway train at about 6 p.m. on Christmas night, the local NBC affiliate reports. “When she was on the train I guess the baby said, ‘I’m ready to come out now,'” said witness Toney Harris-Saunders, who was on his way to see family for Christmas. Harris-Saunders called 911 as the woman prepared to have the baby. When the officers arrived, they removed the umbilical cord from the boy’s neck and placed him in his mother’s arms. “Everything just happened so quick but it was amazing,” said Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority Officer Darrell James. “Inside I was just praying for the medics to come in,” Officer Daniel Cabansaid said. \[[_NBC_](http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/weird/SEPTA-Market-Frankford-Line-Baby-286839701.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3647397/septa-christmas-baby-philadelphia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3647397/septa-christmas-baby-philadelphia/"},"headline":"2 Philly Police Helped a Mom Deliver a Christmas Baby on the Subway","datePublished":"2014-12-26T14:37:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:08:15.806Z","description":"Christmas gifts come in all shapes and sizes","url":"https://time.com/3647397/septa-christmas-baby-philadelphia/","keywords":["cities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/cities/","name":"cities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3647397/septa-christmas-baby-philadelphia/","name":"2 Philly Police Helped a Mom Deliver a Christmas Baby on the Subway"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"See The Unique Way Amazon Ships This Teddy Bear","description":"Go Behind the Scenes at Amazon to see how the products you buy make it to the shipping truck","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/IY8KG0y3/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-01T04:19:45.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/IY8KG0y3.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3647397/septa-christmas-baby-philadelphia/","duration":"PT2M54S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3647397/septa-christmas-baby-philadelphia/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```