Man’s story about helping elderly couple’s first flight on the Internet

Amitabh Shah, Chief Inspiration Officer, Yuva Unstoppable, shared a heartwarming story on his LinkedIn profile that is winning hearts on the internet. Mr Shah helped an ‘unknown’ elderly couple who were flying for the first time. The couple found a friend in Mr Shah. He not only guided them but also bought sandwiches for them during the flight.

Amitabh Shah was flying from Kanpur to Delhi and saw an elderly couple from a remote village in Uttar Pradesh struggling at the airport. Mr Shah shared that the couple had a long journey and they boarded the bus for eight hours to reach the Delhi airport and then boarded a flight with Mr Shah to Kanpur. “I saw them in the boarding area completely clueless and could tell that this is their first time and they don’t understand English. I walked up to them with a smile and asked them to just follow me. They thought I had taken the airline worked for.” He wrote on LinkedIn.

The elderly woman then asked Mr Shah to click a picture of her husband and herself and send it to their daughter. He wrote, “Inside the flight, they were sitting in front of me. Auntie asked me – ‘Can you please take our picture and send it to our daughter, who has a phone with WhatsApp – so she knows we are safe’ Huh?” I took this picture and sent it.”

Mr Shah shared how he refused food despite being hungry. Then he bought a cheese sandwich and juice for both of them and did not reveal that he was paying for the meal. “When the airhostess came to serve the food, she refused but was clearly hungry for hours. I asked the air hostess to give her a cheese sandwich and juice and to tell her it was free because they were lucky customers. There were people who got free food. Of course, I paid for it when they weren’t looking at it. They just ‘smiled’ at me as we got off and went on our way.”

“We should always be kind at every opportunity, and trust me opportunities to be kind are all around you, right,” Mr Shah concluded the story.

The internet loved the heartwarming story. One user wrote, “Appreciate the good gesture, being subtle and bringing joy to people is really admirable. Another interesting fact that appears from this narrative is that we need to be proud of this That air travel is being experienced by all sections of people. The fact that generations to come are inspired to pass on an experience to their loved ones. It is a clear indication that slowly and steadily India is becoming a more educated And moving towards an income generating country. Ultimately who can deny that the majority of India’s GDP is based on the service industry? Thanks to such gesture which is really convincing in various dimensions.” Another user wrote, “Wonderful gesture.. Making fellow “Indians” comfortable in India is the primary responsibility of all we can do. Judging by the description of the couple, they are definitely in their own country and even in their own midst. Must be feeling out of place. ‘Self’. It’s our job not to let them feel any different.”

A third commented, “Beautiful gesture.”

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