Woman Gives Birth On NYC Subway After Being Reported Missing From Florida

A woman gave birth on a New York City subway on Wednesday, and the videos circulating on social media alerted her family in Florida, who reported her missing in September 2024.

At around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, a southbound W train was stopped at the 34th Street-Herald Square station in Manhattan when the conductor was notified by “numerous” passengers that a woman had given birth inside car #5528, the MTA said. The conductor held the train at the station, and responded to the car along with NYC Transit personnel and NYPD officers.

According to the MTA, EMS transported the mom and newborn to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue in good condition.

The woman, later identified as 25-year-old Jenny Saint Pierre, was recognized by her family in videos of the birth on social media, according to the New York Times.

The Hallandale Police Department in Florida alerted the public on Sept. 12 that Saint Pierre had been reported missing and “may be in need of services that meet the criteria of an endangered person.” She allegedly got into a fight with her ex-boyfriend, believed to be the baby’s father, back in August, and disappeared.

Saint Pierre’s family claimed she had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and that her disappearance was “unusual” considering her excitement about the pregnancy.

“Ive been thinking about my daughter every day, praying every day that shes OK, that her baby is OK,” Saint Pierre’s mother, Chrismene Saint Pierre, told the New York Times. “Im going to sleep good tonight.”

Videos shared on social media showed subway riders assisting Saint Pierre as she gave birth on the floor of the train car. 

“Only in NYC!! I just watched a woman give birth on the train..then watched a stranger cut the umbilical cord,” a bystander wrote on Instagram.

“This is another example of New Yorkers coming together to help each other, assisted by caring transit workers and other responders, reflecting the best of the subway community and this city,” NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow said in a statement. “We are thrilled that both mother and Baby W are doing well, and look forward to welcoming both of them back aboard for a lifetime of reliable — and hopefully less dramatic — rides.”