(15 Dec 2024)
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Denver - 14 December 2024
1. Various of kids at the airport gate and on the airplane
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jonna McGrath, United Airlines:
“Today, we are super excited. We’re taking a flight to the North Pole to visit Santa Claus. We’re taking over 100 local kids teaming with Girls Inc., Warren’s Village, Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association, Children’s Hospital and Make-A-Wish today. And we are taking them all to get a little magic in their life. All these kids have some more challenges and can use a little extra magic at this holiday season. So when we checked our list, we said, ‘we’ve got to do this and we got to take these kids to see Santa Claus.’"
3. Various of pilots in the cockpit
4. Various of passengers on the plane
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jonna McGrath, United Airlines:
“You know, the kids, it gives them a day where they are away from some of the challenges they face in their day-to-day life. So bring a little, bringing a little magic and some gifts to their holiday season is something they’ll never forget."
6. Various of plane pulling into the hangar to see Santa Claus
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Bryce Bosley, Fantasy Flight passenger:
“The North Pole is fun because there's games, food, and all the activities are really fun."
8. Bryce and his little brother meeting Santa Claus
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Bryce Bosley, Fantasy Flight passenger:
“I'm excited to see Santa is because, uh, telling him what I want for Christmas and he might give me it or might not. I don't know. It's just exciting getting to see."
10. Various of United staff dressed in holiday-themed costumes
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Capt. Bob Zimmermann, United Airlines pilot:
“To see the smiles, it just reminds you. We had someone speaking at our briefing today, and they mentioned that they love the Christmas holidays because everyone seems to be nice and be loving and caring and opening doors, you know? And if we could do that every day, what a world it would be. So to see the joy in these kids when they truly believe they're going to North Pole to see Santa Claus. You know, if we could live a life through the eyes of a child, think like a child, forgive like a child, love like a child. That’s what we get to see.”
12. Various of a Fantasy Flight passenger eating a snack
STORYLINE:
Dozens of children cheered on a festively decked-out plane in Denver on Saturday when the pilot announced their destination for the day: the North Pole.
More than 100 children, some of whom have serious health struggles, were then taken on a roughly 45-minute flight near the city before landing back at Denver International Airport and being towed to a hangar transformed by United Airlines employees and volunteers into the North Pole.
Streamers, paper snowflakes and tufts of cotton resembling feathery snow dotted the plane and seats.
Flight personnel paraded a bubble machine up and down the aisles to shouts of “bubbles, bubbles, bubbles” from the excited children. Holiday songs played in the background, and there were snacks and juice for all.
Before landing, the children were asked to close their window shades. When they opened them, they were met by the sight of a waiting Santa and Mrs. Claus and a host of elves. An ice cream truck was on hand, and the children also received gifts.
Bryce Bosley, 6, was tickled to see Santa and all the North Pole had to offer.
“The North Pole is fun because there’s games, food, and all the activities are really fun,” he said.
Capt. Bob Zimmermann was struck by the youngsters’ joy and wonder.
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