Strangers and railway staff help a couple carry quintuplets home by train
In short
- A couple from Xinjiang took their quintuplets home on a 36-hour train journey.
- Fellow passengers and railway staff took turns caring for the five babies.
- The babies were born on February 26 at a major hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province.
Why the Good News Desk likes this one
The couple, both from Hotan in Xinjiang, were travelling a long way with five newborns. Train staff and passengers chose to share the work of caring for them. The story shows ordinary people making a long journey easier for a family they did not know.
From South China Morning Post
When a couple from Xinjiang took their quintuplets home on a 36-hour train journey, the babies became favourites of both the train crew and fellow passengers, who took turns caring for them. The five babies were born on February 26 at a major hospital in Wuhan, in central China’s Hubei province. Their father, known as Abu, and their mother, Dili, are both from Hotan in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region. The 24-year-old mother conceived naturally despite having previously been diagnosed with...
