Retiring American Airlines Pilot Hands Over His Wings To Toddler With Down Syndrome

An American Airlines retiring pilot hung up his boots in style after completing 35 years in service. He was seen handing over his wings to a 2-year-old boy with Down syndrome.

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Captain Joe Weis gave his wings to Ki Klitenick, 2, of Ocala, on the tarmac at the Miami International Airport.

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He put the wings on the boy’s shirt in the cockpit after completing a flight from Madrid.

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Little Klitenick was all stoked about it, but he must have had no idea of how great an honor was bestowed upon him by Captain Weis.

Verse of the Day

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.”

1 Corinthians 13:1-3