Lycoming College students help others on Spring Break
Early in 2007, Lycoming College
students paid to go to the Gulf Coast during spring break to help the college chapter of
Habitat for Humanity rebuild
homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The following note was sent to
the students by an appreciative flight attendant.
I'm a flight attendant
for Southwest Airlines and
just a short time ago a group of about 45 young students from Lycoming
College were on my flight returning from their spring break on the
Gulf Coast where they gave of their time and efforts to help in
rebuilding from the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. I was
moved enough by their unselfishness to make an announcement on the
plane intercom to recognize this but my emotions got the best of me
and I could not finish. I'm a Gulf Coast resident of Slidell Louisiana
and lost everything I had when 3 feet of water swept through the house
my wife and I had occupied for the last 10 years. If I could finish my
announcement right now I'd like to thank them all on behalf of not
only my wife and myself but all the residents of the Gulf Coast area
who are still trying to put their lives back together again. It was a
pleasure to have them all on board that day.
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