The MTA’s first-ever woman elevator and escalator mechanic died last week while giving birth to twins, her grieving family and co-workers said Monday. Julia Roman, 43, had 15 years on the job, had worked through most of her pregnancy. She joined the ranks of elevator and escalator mechanics back when there were no other women in the position, said her sister-in-law, Lucelenia Pimentel. Even in 2017, Roman was still one of only two or three woman among the 225 elevator and escalator mechanics, transit officials said. She will be sorely missed.”Roman died of an amniotic-fluid embolism, and doctors couldn’t save her life despite performing an emergency C-section, Pimentel said.

Source: Fox News November 21, 2017 05:03 UTC