br pShelley Hedgecock Starks was on a Spirit Airlines flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Dallas when another woman sitting near her gave birth. Nurses and other medical workers who happened to be on board all pitched in to help.appShelley captured this video of the newborn baby on her phone with permission from the mother, Cristina Penton. The 7-pound baby is named Christoph Carsten Lezcano, azcentrala reported.