From Hidden Brain Media, I'm Shankar Vedantam. This is My Unsung Hero.

I would like to thank my Unsung Hero. I do not know her name.

He just pulled up a chair and we talked.

My Unson Hero is the man in the Panama hat on the flight to Boston.

As the plane near touchdown...

I don't know who they were. I can't even remember their face but I do remember what

they did for me that day and I remain grateful.

Today's story comes from Adrian Drazin.

Some years ago, Adrian was flying overseas with her three children, ages two, four, and three months.

Her husband wasn't able to go with her. ages two, four, and three months.

Her husband wasn't able to go with her,

so she had to travel with the three young kids

all by herself.

After a long flight, she got up to leave the plane.

She was hauling a carry-on suitcase, multiple diaper bags, and her baby in a car seat.

Her two-year-old and four-year-old followed behind her.

They de-plane and stopped to wait for their stroller. As they waited,

Adriyan noticed a family, two parents, two young kids, standing there next to her. They looked

like they had everything they needed,

but they seemed to be waiting for something.

And it occurred to me that they were waiting in order to help me.

Now I surely did not want to ask anybody for help, nor did I want to accept their help. I was far too

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