Giving birth is already a difficult thing by itself, how about when you are giving birth on a sidewalk? But good Samaritans and amazing acts of kindness were at the right place at the right time. And a healthy baby girl was born this week on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Polly McCourt delivered baby Ila on Monday afternoon, just steps from her Upper East Side apartment.
The mother's doorman raced to her side, as well as other neighbors and passers-by. A young doctor spotted the commotion and rushed to her side as other bystanders propped her up and covered her with coats. The McCourts are grateful for all of the assistance, and they want to thank one New Yorker in particular -- a woman named Isabelle who gave up her coat to help Polly cover up.
"Yes, we will be meeting her; we just haven't had the chance yet," McCourt said.
They'll always remember Isabelle. That's now Ila's middle name -- a tribute to the good Samaritan.
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.
Her doorman, Anton Rudovic — who had been helping her to the cab — said the baby simply couldn’t wait.
“Everything seemed normal, and then out of nowhere she screamed, ‘Stop, stop!’” said Anton Rudovic, her doorman who had been helping her find a cab.
“I asked her what was wrong. She said, ‘I’m having the baby! I’m having the baby right now! It happened so quickly, just like 1,2,3!,” Rudovic said.
“I’m overjoyed for the birth of my little girl. It’s been quite emotional,” said the baby’s father Cian McCorty, 40.
By Heidi Shebaro
Founder of "The Kindness Project in the Middle East", a teacher and a blogger
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