An American Airlines flight attendant met six rare baby flamingos that hatched from eggs she helped save in an unusual mid-flight request, including the chick named after the heroic flight attendant’s granddaughter.
The airline worker named Amber was working aboard an August flight from Atlanta to Seattle when a passenger requested help, American Airlines said Monday.
“A passenger hit the call button and asked if I could help keep some eggs warm,” Amber said. “I was glad I could help.”
The passenger was a zoo official transporting six rare Chilean flamingo eggs from Zoo Atlanta to Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. The incubator that kept the eggs warm and the flamingos alive inside stopped working in mid-flight.
Amber, who has worked as a flight attendant for 10 years, quickly grabbed some rubber gloves and filled them with warm water to incubate the eggs while other passengers sitting nearby offered their coats and other clothing.
“A passenger hit the call button and asked if I could help keep some eggs warm,” Amber said of the August flight from Atlanta to Seattle. Alaska Air The passenger was a zoo official who was transporting six rare Chilean flamingo eggs from Zoo Atlanta to Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle and the egg incubator stopped working mid-flight. Alaska Air
Amber and her crewmates continually checked the eggs and routinely replaced gloves as the water inside them cooled during the flight.
Thanks to the flight attendant’s quick thinking and attentiveness, all the eggs survived and hatched healthy, fluffy gray flaminglets.
Months later, Amber received a surprise call from the Woodland Park Zoo inviting her to meet the baby birds she helped save.
Amber quickly grabbed some rubber gloves and filled them with warm water to incubate the eggs, saving all six eggs. Alaska Air All eggs were saved and six gray flamingos hatched successfully at the Seattle Zoo. Alaska Air
“I felt honored and very happy that the chicks had hatched, all six of them!” she said.
But that was not the end of the surprise. Zoo officials named one of the babies after Amber’s baby granddaughter, Sunny, as a way to honor the flight attendant who saved their lives.
Amber and little Sunny received an exclusive tour of the Seattle Zoo, complete with a “meet and greet” from the six furry flamingo chicks: Sunny, Amaya, Rosales, Gonzo, Bernardo and Magdalena, who was named in a vote by the zoo’s social networks. media followers.
“Having baby Sunny meet flamingo Sunny was just wonderful,” Amber said. “I’m excited to watch them both grow.”
“Having baby Sunny meet flamingo Sunny was just wonderful,” Amber said. “I’m excited to watch them both grow.” Alaska Air
The feathered siblings, who will gain their signature pink color with age, were the first offspring of the species at the zoo since 2016. The new additions bring the zoo’s flock to 49.
“We will always be grateful for the heroic measures Amber took to help keep our precious flamingo eggs warm and viable,” said Gigi Allianic of Woodland Park Zoo. “This means a lot to our zoo family. “They would have been lost if you hadn’t done everything you could for us.”
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