Traveler captures heartwarming moment when ‘kind and patient’ couple cares for unaccompanied child during flight: ‘There is good in this world’
- Couple playing and chatting with a lonely child in flight
- The sweet story was shared online and touched many
A traveler has warmed the hearts of thousands after sharing a sweet story of passengers caring for an unaccompanied minor they sat next to.
The flyer, Josh, said a couple were happy to play and chat with the young child who had “boundless energy” during the hour and forty minute flight.
The girl asked her roommates to paint with her, which they happily did before she started sticking stickers on the man that showed him unperturbable again.
Turned up in one tweetJosh said the act was a reminder that there was “more good than bad in the world” and many online agreed.
Josh explained that he was going from Indianapolis to Baltimore in the US on an open-seat flight.
A traveler shared a “touching” story of a “kind and patient” couple who played and painted with an unaccompanied minor on a flight, leaving thousands “raised”
“Anyone could have sat next to her, in fact many people avoid her and her boundless energy while boarding,” he wrote.
“But in the end, the couple you see in the photo occupied the two seats to her right.”
Josh said the pair would have realized they wouldn’t have a “relaxing flight” as the girl started talking “within minutes” but seemed unconcerned and “just got on with it.”
“While drinks were being served, the couple didn’t even get a chance to express their requests as they were cut off by the young girl who said, ‘I’ll have water with a straw and so will they, so we can paint!’ ,’ Josh said.
And they just rolled with it. Within minutes, the young girl had pulled out her Hello Kitty paint sheets, and the pair followed her instructions for the next hour.”
“While drinks were being served, the couple were prevented from expressing their requests as they were cut off by the girl who said, ‘I’ll take water with a straw and so will she, so we can paint!’ (stock image)
She then started putting Marvel stickers on the ears, beard, arms and all over his body, but he remained nice and unbothered.
Moral of the story: There is good in this world. In fact, there is more good than bad in this world if we just open our eyes to it. There is no script or manual for love. You just have to deal with it,” Josh said.
The “touching memory” initially went viral in 2021, but was recently reposted and quickly garnered thousands of comments.
One person said they were “completely uplifted” by the story and another said the husband and wife were “very patient and kind.”
“More people need to learn patience like this. Kindness costs zero dollars,” one user replied, and another said, “Stories like this give me hope.”
“This is a beautiful story and a good memory, yes, good is all around us, focus on it and let it grow,” a third added.
“Great that they were so nice. We need more of that in the world,” wrote a fourth.