One man’s act of kindness towards an exuberant 88-year-old woman is touching hearts across social media.
Virgin Atlantic Airline flight attendant Leah Amy had been working a flight from New York City to Manchester, England last week when the heartwarming exchange took place.
“Of the hundreds of flights I’ve operated, I’ve had the pleasure of looking after footballers, supermodels and some Hollywood movie stars, but let me tell you about my two favorite passengers EVER!” Amy shared on Facebook.
One of the passengers, a man named Jack, had been preparing for a first class flight back home to the UK when he befriended a woman named Violet in the airport.
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Violet, who used to work as a nurse in the UK and US, had been visiting her daughter in the Big Apple. The elderly woman used to frequently travel between the two countries so she could visit her family, but since she recently underwent a knee replacement surgery, her flight to New York this month was long overdue.
After Violet and Jack finished their conversation in the airport, they both boarded the airplane—but before Jack could take his seat, he found Violet in economy class and offered to fulfill her dream of sitting in first class.
“Jack and his family purchased seats in our upper class cabin for a flight home from New York, but when he got onboard, Jack went and found Violet in economy and swapped seats with her,” Amy wrote on Facebook. “He then sat in the row of seats directly next to the economy toilets and never made a peep or asked for anything the rest of the flight. No fuss, no attention, literally did it out of the kindness of his own heart.
“Her dream has always been to sit at the front, and Jack made that come true,” she added. “You should have seen her face when I tucked her in her bed after supper.”
Violet then insisted on taking a picture with the flight crew and her new friend so she could share the story with her daughter.
“She said her daughter won’t believe her, and wanted a ‘selfie’ to prove it, but didn’t have a phone or an email address,” says Amy.
The flight attendant was happy to take the photos, but only after sharing the sweet story to her own Facebook page. Since publishing the photos last week, hundreds of people have praised Jack for his compassion.
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