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'Occupy' Baby Born in Cab

Away in a mangy pleather seat

February 24, 2012

NBC New York has details on the occu-birth:

A baby girl was born in the back of a New York City cab on Tuesday, just a block from her parents' Brooklyn home and a couple weeks ahead of her due date. ...

Mila Amie Economopoulos Jones wasn't due until March 4, but when the contractions hit, it was clear she was on her way. A cab was called, and Beka's husband, Jason, who was in an Occupy meeting, rushed with Economopoulos to the cab, along with another Occupy member....

"It is funny. It's just such a New York story," said [mother Beka] Economopoulos. "I loved just how everyone pitched in, from the folks in the [Occupy] meeting to the cab driver to the fire department. I've been in New York for 12 years... and I feel like my faith in humanity is renewed. When things really get serious, people really cooperate."

Published under: Occupy Movement