An airline passenger was left sobbing with tears of joy after she witnessed a man’s compassion towards an anxious elderly woman on their flight.
Megan Ashley was flying from San Diego to Nashville when she overheard a 96-year-old woman saying she was anxious because she hadn’t flown in 15 years.
When the airplane started to take off, the elderly woman asked the man sitting next to her if she could hold his hand.
“She asked for this man’s hand during takeoff and then hugged him again when experiencing turbulence,” Ashley said. “This gentleman I should say, gladly took her hand, let her hold onto him, calmed her by talking to her and explaining everything that was happening … he helped her stand up to go to the restroom and watched her carefully walk down the aisle.
“He knew just what to do the entire flight to help,” she added. “This man was her flight angel.”
The man did not only show the woman compassion for the duration of the flight, but he also helped after they got off the airplane; he insisted on holding her bag, helping her into a wheelchair, and staying with her until she reunited with her daughter.
Ashley was so touched by the incident that she snapped several pictures of the exchange and posted them to Facebook to praise the young man for his kindness and compassion.
Since Ashley published the pictures to social media, they’ve been shared thousands of times by empathetic internet users.
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