The Goodness of America
Mom’s Flight Saved by Passenger
A stranger known only as Todd from Lenexa, Kansas, intervened when he saw airline passenger Jessica Rudeen struggling with an infant and toddler on her first-ever flight, and helped make the entire April 14 trip a whole lot easier.
Rudeen was unable to breastfeed her four-month-old infant before boarding a plane to Charlotte, North Carolina, which caused the hungry infant to scream in distress and prompted the three-year-old to follow suit.
Fortunately for Rudeen, Todd was seated next to her, and he immediately came to her aid. “(Todd) reached for the baby and held him while I forced a seatbelt on Caroline, got her tablet and started her movie. Once she was settled and relatively calmed, he distracted her so that I could feed Alexander,” says Rudeen. “Finally, while we were taxiing, the back of the plane no longer had screams.”
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