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Transit officers help deliver Christmas baby on Philadelphia train

Two Philadelphia transit officers jumped into action to help a mother deliver a baby on a subway train on Christmas Day. Martha Irvine / AP Photo

PHILADELPHIA – Transit officers in Pennsylvania helped make a very special Christmas delivery.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority says two transit officers jumped into action to help a mother deliver a baby on a subway train.

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SEPTA says the delivery happened as the train was approaching a stop in Philadelphia Thursday evening.

Officials say the mother and baby were taken to a hospital in good condition.

SEPTA Police Chief Thomas Nestel III later tweeted about his department’s excitement over the birth.

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