Homeless woman reportedly gave birth on Hawaii sidewalk, dragged newborn by umbilical cord

HILO, Hawaii (TCD) -- A 41-year-old woman was hospitalized last week after she reportedly gave birth on a sidewalk and dragged the child, who was still attached to the umbilical cord. On Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 5:15 p.m., Hawaii Police Department officers and personnel from the Hawaii Fire Department were called to downtown Hilo after learning about a homeless woman who had "given birth to a baby on the sidewalk and was reportedly then dragging the newborn." Paramedics found the woman, cut the newborn’s umbilical cord, and began rendering aid to the child. Police said the baby gir