The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority appreciates your patience tonight on the Red Line, as delays are expected due to a woman giving birth on the train. The Metro did send out this advisory on Twitter:
Red Line: Expect residual delays in both directions due to an earlier medical emergency at Gallery Place.
— Metro (@wmata) December 27, 2012
Word quickly got out that the medical emergency was a baby being born.
Also known as giving birth RT @wmata Red Line: Expect residual delays in both directions due to earlier medical emergency at Gallery Place
— Steven Harris (@HarrisStevenJ) December 27, 2012
https://twitter.com/alanzilberman/status/284433300737622017
No joke, @wmata announcer just informed us delay is b/c there's a woman giving birth on train ahead of us in Chinatown. #dcmetro
— Megan Whittemore (@MeganWhittemore) December 27, 2012
Overheard at Union stn: "someone's giving birth on the Red Line right now." Can @wmata confirm?
— Anjan (@HeyAnjan) December 27, 2012
https://twitter.com/andthisisKATIE/status/284431937974722560
https://twitter.com/kristyindc/status/284429828374032384
https://twitter.com/MsShade/status/284435877550235649
Yes, as I got off the metro, I'm pretty sure someone gave birth. Paramedics ran towards train behind mine. #LesMisPreGame
— Paul Blair (@gopaulblair) December 27, 2012
Most unfortunate that @KJinDC7 isn't on a Red Line train to live-tweet the birth that is apparently occurring.
— Anjan (@HeyAnjan) December 27, 2012
No, no one’s live-tweeting the delivery as far as we know, but a Washington Post reporter did let people know just what was going on.
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#wmata – woman in labor on red line at gallery place. Expect delays, metro says.
— Dana Hedgpeth (@postmetrogirl) December 27, 2012
#wmata – medical personnel are on scene at gallery place on red line where woman is in labor.
— Dana Hedgpeth (@postmetrogirl) December 27, 2012
#wmata – woman's water broke while on red line train bound for grovesnor. Normal service is back. She was taken to local hospital.
— Dana Hedgpeth (@postmetrogirl) December 27, 2012
We’re happy to know the baby is going to be born in the hospital and not on the D.C. Metro, as are these folks.
I've spent more time on @wmata in my life than I care to. I'd rather give birth over the flames of an erupting volcano than on a metro car.
— Rebecca Johnson (@johnsonr) December 27, 2012
Reportedly someone's giving birth on the Red Line…there's a life steeped in disappointment from the get-go. #wmata
— Two Slice Man (@ChrisHowdy) December 27, 2012
Someone is giving birth on the Red Line? That kid is gonna have the worst commuting complex ever.
— Metal Lungies (@MetalLungies) December 27, 2012