When a child gets attached to their favorite stuffed animal, it can be devastating if the toy gets misplaced or lost. When that toy happens to be a stuffed Dalmatian dog and the owner is a little boy, you can imagine the heartbreak the child felt when his best buddy went missing.
Doug and Phyllis Ronco were traveling via plane with their family out of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport when their son left his stuffed dog behind.
“I think our son was half asleep when he left Masch-Masch (the dog’s nickname) at the terminal,” Doug Ronco shared. “Under normal circumstances, he would never forget him.”
The stuffed dog is very important to their son because a judge gave it to the child the day the Ronco family adopted him.
When someone at the airport found the dog, they knew it likely held a special place in a child’s heart. The airport employees decided to have some fun and give the stuffed dog a “tour” and provided him with an official airport employee badge.
A slew of photos was posted to Facebook, and eventually, the toy was flown back to the child where it belongs.
“The times we are in, some people see the humor in something lighthearted, and others say, ‘Is this all you can do, talk about this stupid stuffed animal?’” Doug stated.
We love a feel-good story with a wonderful ending like this!
H/T: Federal News Network, Dayton.com
