{"id":27634,"date":"2021-11-16T00:32:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T00:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=360839"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:14:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:14:09","slug":"man-gives-up-his-first-class-seat-for-88-year-old-woman-makes-her-dream-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/man-gives-up-his-first-class-seat-for-88-year-old-woman-makes-her-dream-come-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Gives Up His First-Class Seat For 88-Year-Old Woman, Makes Her Dream Come True"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"content-body\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">When a man named Jack booked his Virgin Atlantic flight in a first-class cabin for a flight home from New York, he had no idea that he would end up making a woman\u2019s life-long dream come true.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">An 88-year-old woman, named Violet, was on that same flight, except with a seat in economy. Violet had spent her life working as a nurse in both America and the United Kingdom. After retirement, she often flew to New York to visit her daughter, but hadn\u2019t been able to fly for a while due to a knee replacement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou should of seen her face, when I tucked her in her bed after supper,\u201d Leah Amy, the flight attendant on that flight, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leah.barry.54\/posts\/10156839876607205\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a> on Facebook. \u201cShe said her daughter won\u2019t believe her, and wanted a \u2018selfie\u2019 to prove it, but didn\u2019t have a phone or an email address. These photos are getting sent in the post tomorrow, can you even cope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leah snapped some photos of Violet and posted them on Facebook. 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