A passenger named Mike Good experienced something really heartwarming while he was traveling.
An entire plane full of passengers gathered to ensure he made it to his twins’ father-daughter dance and did something really amazing for him.
“It was just amazing. Everyone on that plane sat still so that I could make a run for it,” the father of two tells PEOPLE.
Mike was returning his home to Charlotte from a business trip in Nashville. It’s a short flight but due to the thunderstorms in the Charlotte area that day, almost all flights were cancelled or delayed.
American Airlines tried their best to get him on an earlier flight and in the process, he lost his appointed seat on his originally scheduled flight. The 45-year-old father got the very last available spot in the back row of the plane.
“I was still able to board early, so I got to talking to the flight attendant in the back and I told her I was going to be in the doghouse because I was going to miss my kids’ dance,” Good says.
His wife and daughters fraternal twin seven-year-olds Lucy and Emily were waiting for him at their home. The plane was set to arrive at 7, the same time the dance at Davidson Elementary School was supposed to start.
“I was sure there was no way I was going to make it,” Good recalls. “I knew it would take me thirty minutes to get off the plane and then I had about a thirty-minute drive from the airport.”
Before landing, the plane was ordered to circle the airport when they got to Charlotte, holding them further, but as they started the final taxi up to the gate.point 400 |
Mike was amazed as the flight attendant made an announcement: “She told everyone there was a dad in the last row trying to make his twins’ father-daughter dance and we’d really appreciate it if you’d let him off the plane so he can get there.point 206 |
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Mike was flabbergasted as everyone waited in their seats, leaving the aisle clear for him.
“I grabbed my bag, ran down the aisle and thanked everybody. I was wishing everyone a happy Valentine’s Day as I ran down the aisle,” he says.
He reached at 7:50 and surprised his wife and daughters. “My wife got choked up when I told her the story.”
Twitter user Jenny Hale was one of the passengers and she shared the story writing, ”I’m on a plane and the entire flight sat still so that a man in the last seat at the back of the plane could get off and run to his next flight to try to make it to his twin daughters’ first father-daughter dance.point 448 |
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“Everyone on that plane responded in an effort to help someone they didn’t know,” she says. “That’s what it’s all about. When I tweeted it, I was simply sharing the joy of that moment.”
Mike said: “I never asked to get off early. It was the flight crew who made that happen and that’s who I’m appreciative of. And the passengers, that was amazing to see everybody just sitting on the plane.”
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