Читать книгу The Long Road Back - Beray Thigpen - Страница 8

It was on a Tuesday evening that my wife and I made our way to the Jackson International Airport as we did every week during my treatment span. We arrived at the airport early, as usual. The weather was a bit of concern because the sky was dark, the wind was blowing and lightning could be seen in the distance. Just before our boarding time, we heard a message over the communication system that our plane would be delayed due to a late departure from Baltimore. We waited about a half-hour and got the same message all over again. Another half-hour went by and a third announcement came over the system that cancelled our flight entirely.

My wife and I immediately began to think about what we would do. We certainly didn’t want my treatments to be interrupted. So I said, “Now what do we do?”

About that time, a gentleman standing nearby overheard our fretful conversation between another patient who was also traveling to the same treatment facility. Each of us expressing our concern, “Where do we go from here?” This man, whom I have never met before said, “The three of you come with me and let me do the talking.” He hurriedly walked down the concourse to another carrier. We stood at a distance, I only saw the boarding attendant that was supervising the boarding of the aircraft. It was a United Airlines airplane with the same destination as ours.

After this stranger finished talking to this boarding attendant, she turned around and said, “Give me your credit card.” Mind you, the plane had already finished boarding and we had not had any communication with the airline or with the boarding attendant. But this gentleman bought all three of us an airline ticket on that flight so that we could all get to our destination and continue our treatments.

We all arrived at our destinations, treatment scheduled uninterrupted, a miracle right in front of our eyes. So for those of you who are not quite sure if there is a God, go back and reread this about this random act of kindness.