Whoa baby! Woman gives birth to a girl on a Manhattan crosswalk after failing to hail cab in rush hour traffic

The unidentified woman had already gone into labor when she and her doorman tried to hail a cab on the Upper East Side

By the time she got to the street corner, the head was crowning, she dropped to the ground and seconds later the baby was born



Mother and daughter were taken to Lenox Hill Hospital and are both fine

One newborn has already proved she's a real New Yorker, being so impatient as to force her mom into delivery right on a crosswalk rather than wait for a cab to the hospital in rush hour traffic.



A Fox news crew just happened to be driving by on their way to cover another story around 3:30pm when they saw a large crowd gathered on the corner of 68th and Third Avenue on Manhattan's Upper East Side.



Thinking someone had feinted, reported Linda Schmidt offered to call an ambulance but soon learned that a woman had just given birth.

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Quick labor: A woman gave birth to a baby girl on a New York City crosswalk yesterday afternoon Mrs McCourt is lifted into the ambulance with her baby in her arms. Her husband Cian McCourt can be seen carrying a backpack

According to witnesses, the unidentified mother had already gone into labor by the time she left her apartment on East 68th Street.



Her doorman walked her up to Third Avenue to catch a cab, but the baby just couldn't wait.



'She was like, "Oh my god, the baby's coming,"' one female witness said, 'And then I could see the baby's head coming out.'



That witness said it was only a matter of seconds after the baby crowned that the little girl was born.



Mr McCourt, pictured from the back in the blue coat, arrived at the scene moments after his wife had given birth

Several women gave their scarves to wrap the baby with the temperature in the mid-30s

Doing fine: Mom and daughter were taken to Lenox Hill Hospital where they were recovering fine

Several female bystanders rushed to offer their scarves to wrap the baby, since temperatures were in the chilly mid-30s.



'I happened to be crossing the street and the baby came out...all I could do is cover her up with my scarf,' another witness said. 'Amazing - A miracle on 3rd Avenue.'



The woman, her husband and their newborn child were taken to Lenox Hill Hospital where both were reportedly recovering fine.



This was the couple's third child together.

