‘Dear Tooth Fairy’: Pilot goes extra mile for young passenger who lost tooth on flight
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) - A commercial airline pilot helped a tiny passenger whose tooth went missing on a recent flight back to the United States.
Lena and her family were traveling home from Norway to Lexington, South Carolina, when she fell asleep on her last flight to Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport. When she woke up, she was missing a tooth, lost somewhere on the airplane.
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“It’s not uncommon to hear about items lost at the airport, but a lost tooth is a new one for us,” an airport official said.
Lena’s mom Lauren said they tried going back to the plane to look for the tooth but, with it being 2 a.m., security was closed.
The flight crew noticed an upset Lena trying to go back through security and wanted to help her out, according to WHNS.
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Very concerned that the tooth fairy would not show up, United Airlines Captain Josh wrote a special note on behalf of Lena. It read:
“Dear Tooth Fairy,
Lena had a tooth fall out on her flight to Greenville, please take this note in place of her tooth.
Captain Josh”
Lauren later said the tooth fairy did make a visit, thanks to the help of Captain Josh.
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