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A man with shiny shoes and a kind heart helped an elderly traveler when she could not catch her connecting flight after the Christmas Holidays. His act of kindness reminds us how we can make a difference in the world when we go out of our way to help even one person.<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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79-year-old Canadian grandmother Elsie Clark was trying to head back to her home in Winnipeg, Manitoba when she missed her flight.  <\/span>Suffering from a bad hip she has to travel around airports in a wheelchair and reportedly a series of errors and delays left her stranded  <\/span>in Dallas-Fort Worth.<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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She ended up on a different flight that was connecting in Chicago but it was delayed due to bad weather. She worried what would happen if she missed that flight too and was feeling panicked.  <\/span>On the plane she spotted  <\/span>Dean Germeyer, and recalled that her mother had always told her that men in shiny shoes are a good omen–he happened to be wearing a pair and this made it more comfortable for her to talk with a stranger.<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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“I wanted to talk to somebody to get my mind off things for a little while,” Clark told the Chicago Tribune<\/i>. “So, I said, ‘Sir, do you mind telling me what you do because I’ve always admired shiny shoes.’ “<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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 <\/span>Germeyer is based in Chicago, where he lives with his family and runs a technology consulting group. In an interview with the Chicago Tribune he mentioned that he felt a real connection with his older traveling buddy; that she was not asking for anything and yet he felt strongly he wanted to help her in some way.<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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As it turned out, the delayed flight into Chicago once again left Clark stranded–at first. Although Germeyer arranged for a  <\/span>wheelchair to be ready when the flight landed and even though he ran her to the gate himself, she missed her flight. The airline gave her a voucher for a local hotel but Germeyer wanted to do more.<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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He called his wife and told her to set another plate for dinner and he invited the elderly woman home with him. After dinner he took her on a tour of the city, got her settled into a hotel and arranged a car to take her to the airport the next day, reports AOL. <\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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“<\/span>I bawled and bawled and bawled,” Clark told the Chicago Sun-Times. “The city, his condo, the hotel: everything was so beautiful. How do you thank someone that does something so unbelievable?”<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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