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A United pilot paid for a stranded college student's flight: 'There are no words' - USA Today
A United Airlines pilot stepped up to help a stranded college student by paying for her flight back to school after her plane was diverted.
The heartwarming story was told in a video posted to United's YouTube page Friday, just in time for Father's Day. The video notes the stranded traveler, identified only as Kiana, is from Hawaii, and her own father was about 3,000 miles away.
Kiana Coffin, 19, was traveling back to school at Pacific University in Oregon when bad weather caused her flight (on another airline) to divert to Seattle.
"The airline had basically stuck her in a hotel room overnight and had forgotten about her," Kiana's father, Dave Coffin, said in a video. "At one point, I was about to go book a flight and go get her myself and by the grace of God, (the pilot, Robert Fonte) came into our lives and helped us out."
A United Airlines pilot stepped up to help a stranded college student by paying for her flight back to school after her plane was diverted.
The heartwarming story was told in a video posted to United's YouTube page Friday, just in time for Father's Day. The video notes the stranded traveler, identified only as Kiana, is from Hawaii, and her own father was about 3,000 miles away.
Kiana Coffin, 19, was traveling back to school at Pacific University in Oregon when bad weather caused her flight (on another airline) to divert to Seattle.
"The airline had basically stuck her in a hotel room overnight and had forgotten about her," Kiana's father, Dave Coffin, said in a video. "At one point, I was about to go book a flight and go get her myself and by the grace of God, (the pilot, Robert Fonte) came into our lives and helped us out."