Meeting Fellow Humans
Meeting Fellow Humans: Life Stories of Strangers: Mom, Abhay and I had arrived at Denver airport from Bakersfield on a very early morning flight on Friday. Mom needs wheelchair assistance. A young man, probably in his 20s, was there within minutes of us getting off the aircraft. He made mom sit in his wheelchair. Then picked one of our bags and put it under the chair. A canvas duffle I was carrying, he insisted to take that as well and tucked it into one of the handrails of the wheelchair. He tucked her folding walker in front of her. And we started following him to the baggage claim area. He had the presence of mind to ask me if we needed to use the restroom. I was happy to use one right away. He waited patiently for us. We then took the airport train to the main terminal which housed the baggage claim. Once our checked-in baggage arrived on the carousel, he again took one of the bags and pulled it with one hand while pushing the wheelchair with the other hand. We were outside the ter...