I saw this gentleman, Tim, in Boston’s Logan airport with the sister he’d been visiting. It appeared he was both deaf and blind, as I observed her signing into his hand for him to feel her words. When he came aboard the plane he had been assigned the middle seat of my row.
The kind gentleman who had the aisle seat graciously gave it up for him. At this point, Tim was travelling 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. Discover the whole story here ▶
