Node created at runtime will not start

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I'm having some trouble getting a node that is created at run time to be "recognized". Here is the node class:

class node {
    private:
        ros::NodeHandle *n;

    public:
        node() { n = NULL; }
        ros::NodeHandle getHandle() { return *n; }
        init(int argc, char **argv, std::string s) {
            ros::init(argc, argv, s);
        }
        void create() {
            if (n == NULL) { n = new ros::NodeHandle(); }
        }
};

I use the node class inside of a coorinator

class coordinator {
    private:
        node myNode;
        /** Pub, Subs, etc go here */
    public:
        void setup(int argc, char **argv, std::string s) {
            myNode.init(argc, argv, s);
            myNode.create();
            /* setup pubs, subs etc using myNode.getHandle() */
        }
};
int main(int argc, char **arv) {
    ros::init(argc, argc, "starter");
    coordinator c;
    c.init(argc, argv, "coordinator");
    c.setup();
    ...
}

When I call c.setup() from a main method of another node, the newly created node doesn't show up using rosnode list and clients that requests its services wait forever. I can't use rosspawn because I'm using ros fuerte.

EDIT: I even tried to pass the main methods node handle into the node constructor but it still doesn't get recognized.