Destiny’s child survives after falling from train

At the last count at least 7500 sites have picked up the story all over the globe. Some even have produced videos like the one below by msnbc.

The Associated Press also has a video story, broadcast on YouTube. This one has some elements of impurity, for the trains and tracks shown do not unfortunately seem to be from India (at least not where the incident happened).

But perhaps no one blames AP. After all the story was too hot to give a miss. Here is the video.

No doubt the incident was purely miraculous, which is why the news has spread like wildfire. Let’s have it from The Canadian Press though I believe it was yesterday’s Times of India that first broke the news.

AHMADABAD, India – A newborn in India is reported to have fallen through the toilet of a moving train and onto the tracks moments after being born – and survived.

The baby girl was found alive nearly two hours later. The child’s mother, who uses the single name Bhuri, was travelling with relatives on an overnight train when she went to the bathroom shortly before midnight Tuesday.

Her brother-in-law, Arjun Kumar, says that after the train had travelled past two stations, “we knocked on the door” and Bhuri opened it, covered in blood.

He says she told them she had given birth and that the baby had fallen through the toilet, at which time she lost consciousness. Toilets on Indian trains have holes that open directly onto the tracks, and there is no indication authorities doubt Bhuri’s story or plan to investigate.

The child, who has not yet been named, was eight to 10 weeks premature and weighed only three pounds, three ounces. However, despite the fact she had a low heart rate and body temperature, doctors expect her to survive.