Mum goes viral in attempt to contact kind stranger that helped her on plane

Jessica Rudeen was getting ready for her first flight with a four-month-old and a three-year-old. Needless to say, she was nervous about flying alone with two little ones. 

Then, chaos erupted, the baby started crying because he hadn't been fed yet and the three-year-old also started crying because she wanted to get off the plane. 

"I honestly thought we’d get kicked off the plane," Jessica wrote on Facebook. "So with two kids losing their minds, I was desperately trying to calm the situation." 

Suddenly a saviour appeared, a man that was sitting beside him on the plane offered to hold the baby while Jessica settled her daughter. 

"This man 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." 

Thanks to the kind stranger, named Todd, the family had a peaceful flight. 

"During the flight, he coloured and watched a movie with Caroline, he engaged in conversation and showed her all the things outside. By the end of the flight, he was Caroline’s best friend. I’m not sure if he caught the kiss she landed on his shoulder while they were looking out the window."

Luckily for Jessica, Todd also had the same connecting flight as her.

"Amazingly, we had the same connection in Charlotte to Wilmington, a connection he navigates frequently for work. He helped us get off the plane and led us to the next gate with Caroline in hand. If that wasn't enough, he changed his seat on the next flight to sit in our row to help us." 

The kindness of this stranger blew Jessica away. But for Todd he was paying it forward, as his wife had a similar experience many years ago when his wife was flying with his two sons.  

"This guy, Todd, showed me kindness and compassion that I’ve never known from another person. His wife, he said, had a similar experience when their two boys were young and a stranger showed her the same kindness. I am blown away…because we could have been placed next to anyone, but we were seated next to one of the nicest men I have ever met in my life." 

Jessica decided to search for the kind man on Facebook saying where he was from and that he had a son in a certain college. She succeeded in connecting with his wife and they're all planning on meeting up soon! 

The post has since gone viral with over 12,000 likes. 

What a kind and caring man!