Nereida Aruajo was 38 weeks pregnant and had been cleared to fly by her doctor when she boarded a plane from her home in Florida with her husband and two children on November 27. The plane the family was on was scheduled for a layover in Charlotte, North Carolina, before continuing on to Pennsylvania. But Nereida and her family did not make it past Charlotte because of an unscheduled birth. What?! It's true, Nereida gave birth in the airport just after the plane landed!
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"I was sleeping and I felt like a pop in my lower back," Nereida told news station WSOC. "I just felt like liquid and I woke my husband up." The plane's pilots landed as quickly as they could while a passenger, who was a nurse, helped. "There was a lady there, she was so sweet. She helped me with my breathing and everything," Nereida said. On the ground, first responders were waiting to help with delivery.
It's an extraordinary birth story with a beautiful ending. So many things had to go right for this to end well and they did!