An airline passenger’s Facebook post went viral after Lynette Scribner published a moving photo and story about the kindness of strangers on her most recent flight:
She saw a gentleman named Tim, who appeared to be both deaf and blind, in Boston’s Logan airport. He was leaving town after visiting his sister when Lynette observed her signing into his hand so that he could feel her words.
He had been assigned the middle seat of Lynette’s row on an Alaska Airlines flight.
“The kind gentleman who had the aisle seat graciously gave it up for him. At this point Tim was traveling alone. The flight attendants sincerely wanted to assist him, but had no way to communicate.”
“I watched as they didn’t flinch when he reached out to touch their faces and arms. They took his hand and tried so hard to communicate with him, to no avail. He had some verbal ability, but clearly could not understand them.
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“The man who had given up his seat did his best to assist Tim with things like opening coffee creamer and putting it in his coffee. When Tim…
