A flight attendant on a Frontier Airlines flight helped to deliver a baby as a woman went into an unexpected labor mid-flight.
The flight, which set off from Denver going to Orlando, takes around 3 hours and thirty minutes, and apparently, the newborn just couldn’t wait that long.
Flight attendant Diano Giraldo assisted the pregnant mother towards the toilet as she prepared to help her give birth, the airline said in a heartwarming statement on Facebook.
“‘Exemplary’ and ‘calm’ were the words Captain Chris Nye used for Flight Attendant Diana Giraldo’s heroic task of delivering a baby recently mid-flight,” the statement read.
“Diana again went above and beyond after the completion of the flight to coordinate our return to Orlando,” Captain Nye said.
He continued: “The whole crew really did a great job. I transferred controls and flying duties to my First Officer as I coordinated the diversion.
“Dispatch did a great job as well by suggesting Pensacola Airport and getting a gate and paramedics ready for us.
“This was a job well done, and I was happy to see everyone working together to successfully deliver a newborn on an aircraft!” he said.
And the mom gave a middle name to her newborn to pay tribute to the way they were born.
“The mom opted to name the baby’s middle name Sky since she was born on our mother and daughter plane tail, Luna and Lilly the Wolves,” the statement read.
We’re so happy for the new mom and thankful to the airline staff, especially Giraldo, for helping facilitate the birth on board the aircraft.
Not all heroes wear capes, right?