Cardinals TE Jermaine Gresham picks up unexpected bag fee for stranded traveler
An Arizona State student who found herself in a travel predicament on Wednesday met a surprise good samaritan to keep her on her way.
Delilah Cassidy, a law student at ASU, was traveling home from an overseas trip and encountered an unexpected $50 bag fee from American Airlines. According to her Twitter account, Cassidy’s credit cards did not work because she had just returned to the United States and hadn’t yet informed the bank she wasn’t in Europe anymore.
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The gate agents wouldn’t accept cash and told her she was going to have to miss her flight.
We’ll let Cassidy fill in the details from there.
WOW okay so the most amazing thing just happened to me and I can’t help but share it with the world. American Airlines instituted a new policy where you have to pay to take a carry-on onto the plane. Which is ridiculous but off topic.
— Delilah Cassidy (@Delilah_Cassidy) May 30, 2018
I consolidate my bags into one and they measure it and say it’s just a little too big. They proceed to charge me $50, except they only take credit card, no cash. Since I just got back from Europe all my cards are being declined as Chase doesn’t know I’m back.
— Delilah Cassidy (@Delilah_Cassidy) May 30, 2018
They tell me that I’m going to have to miss the flight and head back to the ticket counter to pay down there. I’m pleading, devastated after a long day of travel. Then, this man walks up and says, “How much is it?” They tell him $50 and he says “I got it.”
— Delilah Cassidy (@Delilah_Cassidy) May 30, 2018
I’m astonished and tell him it’s fine not to worry and he hands the lady his card as the American Airlines employees stand in silence shocked by this man’s generosity. They swipe the card and he tells me to have a great flight and hop on board.
— Delilah Cassidy (@Delilah_Cassidy) May 30, 2018
I’m crying as I write this and as I board the flight. This man was an angel. I stop him as he’s sitting in first class and try to give him my money but he just shook me off and told me to pay it forward.
— Delilah Cassidy (@Delilah_Cassidy) May 30, 2018
My heart is so happy. There are good people in this world. Be that person for someone because I know after this I sure will be.
— Delilah Cassidy (@Delilah_Cassidy) May 30, 2018
At this point, Cassidy hadn’t realized who her hero was. By the time she got off the flight, she’d figured it out.
Update: It was Jermaine Gresham. pic.twitter.com/aJ0bXoNm8Q
— Delilah Cassidy (@Delilah_Cassidy) May 30, 2018
Cassidy is a self-proclaimed NFL fan and was an intern at Fox Sports Arizona which must add to the thrill of having her day saved by Cardinals tight end Jermaine Gresham.
And she clearly knows a good story when she sees one.
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