Rabita Sarkar, a 31-year-old woman from Harrison, N.J., said she started feeling contraction-like pains one day but didn't think they were real because her baby wasn't due yet. To be safe, she and her husband decided to travel into the city on Jan. 16, 2012, for a check-up. While on the PATH commuter train to New York, Sarkar's pain got worse. Her husband checked and saw that the baby's head was already on its way out.
With the encouragement of fellow riders - one little girl offered her jacket to keep the baby warm, the Associated Press reported - a baby boy was successfully delivered on the train. Officials turned the train into an express, bypassing stops to make it to the final destination in Manhattan as soon as possible. The Sarkars made it to the hospital with a healthy baby in their arms.