Johnston County woman goes into active labor on airplane

A Benson woman is looking for the Raleigh passengers who helped her while she went into labor on an airplane.
Posted 7/1/2025, 4:05:07 AM Updated 7/1/2025, 12:58:09 PM

PRODUCTS TO CONSUMERS. THE

COMPANY PLANS TO EMERGE FROM

BANKRUPTCY BY THE END OF

SEPTEMBER.

THAT'S A MOMENT LOOKING FOR THE

PASSENGERS WHO HELPED HER WHILE

SHE WENT INTO LABOR ON THEIR

PLATE. ASHLEY SMITH LET FELT

HER WATER BREAK ON A PLANE

MOMENTS BEFORE TAKING OFF FROM

MIAMI EARLIER THIS MONTH.

>> HE SAID A PAIR OF WOMEN FROM

RALEIGH COMFORTED HER THROUGH

THOSE EMOTIONAL MOMENTS.

THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT BROUGHT

LET BACK INTO THE TERMINAL.

BUT BEFORE PARAMEDICS COULD

BRING HER TO A HOSPITAL, SHE

GAVE BIRTH RIGHT THERE IN THE

MIAMI AIRPORT ABOUT 3 AND A

HALF MONTHS BEFORE SHE WAS DUE.

>> IS A BLESSING BECAUSE YOU

KNOW THAT ME THAT I WOULD NEVER

BE ABLE TO HAVE A BABY AND FOR

ME TO HAVE A BABY, I VISITED A

PLACE IN JUST LOOKING BACK.

AND I AM GRATEFUL BECAUSE SO

MANY THINGS COULD HAPPEN IN

THE AIRPORT, YOU KNOW, TO ME

AND THE BABY.

>> SO AMAZING INLET SAYS SHE

AND IOWA ARE DOING VERY MYLA

WILL BE ONE MONTH OLD TOMORROW.

NOW THE FAMILY HAS QUITE THE

CRAZY STORY TO TELL OVER THE

NEXT FEW YEARS. BUT I GOTTA SAY

IT WAS SO CRAZY WHEN I WAS

SPEAKING WITH HER, SHE WAS ON

THE PLANE AND THEY WERE SO MANY

PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE TO HELP

EMERGENCY ROOM. DOCTORS MIGHT

JUST EVERYBODY JUMPING IN.

IT WAS JUST SO AMAZING. MILE