Air Hostess Saves Passenger's Starving Baby In A Desperate Act Of Motherliness.

When a baby started crying on a domestic flight in the Philippines, one flight attendant made a split-second choice that quickly turned into a viral act of kindness.

Patrisha Organo said the infant’s mother had run out of formula during the trip, and with no milk available onboard, the cabin crew member stepped in to help in the most personal way possible. Her Facebook post about breastfeeding the hungry baby drew attention far beyond the flight itself.

It was a moment that left passengers stunned and turned an ordinary workday into a story people could not stop talking about.

An image Patrisha posted of the incident (with the baby's face covered to maintain the family's privacy) has gone viral, with coverage in media houses all across the world.

USA Today ...scheduled for a check flight to be qualified as a Cabin Crew Evaluator. I thought that this flight was going to be so special as this is a big step in my flying career, she writes.

Organo recounts that her huge flight was going wonderfully until the sharp, piercing cry of a baby captured her attention. I tried to tell her to feed her hungry child. Teary-eyed, she told me that she had run out of formula milk. Passengers started looking and staring at the tiny, fragile crying infant. I felt a pinch in my heart. There was no formula milk onboard. I thought to myself, there's only one thing I could offer, and that's my own milk. And so, I offered.

Filipino parenting authority Smart Parenting interviewed Patrisha not long after the incident. During the phone interview, she revealed that the baby's mother had been waiting at the airport since 9 p.m. on Monday, while the flight didn't take off until 5:10 a.m. the next morning.

In all likelihood, her travel arrangements had gone badly, and her formula supply had failed to last the duration of the journey. Sheryl Villaflor, the flight's line administrator and also Patrisha's supervisor, aided in escorting the mother and infant t...[truncated]

That flight turned into something nobody on board would forget.

It also echoes the “WIBTA” debate of whether to warn a sister about a potential pregnancy news leak.

We are so thankful to this woman for being there at just the right moment. She has gone the extra mile in order to provide nourishment and care for someone else's child.

It is not often we hear about stories like these, but they do exist. Would you be willing to feed someone else's baby in an emergency situation? Or would you let someone feed yours?

Share your thoughts in the comments.

Some kindnesses land harder than words ever could.

Before you judge the cabin-crew choice, read what happened when a sister begged her sibling to skip the baby shower.