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Baby Born Miles Above Earth During Flight From Denver To Orlando

(CBS4)- The captain of a Frontier Airlines flight described a flight attendant as "exemplary and calm" as she helped a mother give birth on the airplane. The baby was born on a flight that took off from Denver and was en route to Orlando.

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(credit: Frontier Airlines)

The baby just couldn't wait until landing in Florida to come into this world. Flight attendant Diana Giraldo helped the mother to the bathroom and assisted her through the birth.

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(credit: Frontier Airlines)

Mom fittingly gave the baby the middle name "Sky."

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