13 Strangers Rent Van Together After Canceled Flight

When a Frontier Airlines flight from Orlando to Knoxville was canceled at the last minute, 13 stranded strangers decided to rent a van to get to their destination. Instead of memorizing all 13 names, they were each assigned a number to ensure no one would accidentally be left at a rest stop. It was an exhausting journey through the night but they finally made it to Knoxville about 12 hours later. Now these strangers are already planning a reunion.

[a_man_has_no_name]

Strangers at an airport, friends for life on the road

[TheGamerShowsYou]

This is actually really cool to see a bunch of strangers band together and achieve a common goal.

[nance]

It’s refreshing to see people loving each other as family! We need more of this 🤍

[hihoweryu]

They didn’t purchased a flight. They purchased such a rare, memorable friendship. Love these people.

[RainbowMama]

I love seeing humans being lovely.

When I was in the military and stranded overnight at an airport, 2 school teachers decided to get a hotel room together and invited me join them for only the cost of the additional cot ($15). It was so kind of them.

Another time, my connecting flight home was canceled so my husband drove 5 hours to get me in the middle of the night. A fellow servicemember was stranded and going the same way, so we gave him a lift.

[sociallyzen]

Love this story, we need more positivity in this world

[theweatherisaokay]

It's not about the destination, it's the journey that bring them together.

[nya___nya]

Probably the girl rushing for her univ interview, doing all this just to get to that interview shows the univ how worthy of a student she is to be for them. The defiance of the odds. A plus plus points for her!

[davidsalazar]

13 strangers coming together to accomplish 1 mission is like something out of a movie. you would never see anything like this again

[dominicr]

This is definitely what I call good news. For once something positive and nobody hurt or killed. So cool! To the Marine, thank u for your services and your continued service that got 14 other people and yourself to their destination. Blessings to all of u!

[daniellebryant]

Numbers vs. names was so smart! I love how they banded together and got to their destination. Really hope they stay in touch and stay friends forever.

[drekafine]

This is the type of shyt I love to see. It's not hard to be a good person & we really need so much more of that. I honestly would not have wished for a better way to get to my destination than to meet 12 other strangers & book it to where we need to go. This was great and I'm low-key jealous that I wasn't in on their trip 😩. What a nice way to make new friendships 🤗🙌🏽🙌🏽

[Nyx_Nyx]

The holiday story I didn't know I needed. Good vibes and good people helping one another out. I love this!

[themoshpit]

It's surprising how fast you can get friendly in a group. I still remember my jury duty pals and how much of a ruckus we caused during deliberations lmao

[kellymartinez]

It’s so cool to see a bunch of people befriend each other almost instantaneously, because of a common goal. The world can be so crazy now a days, it’s hard for anyone to trust another let alone drive in even an Uber. It’s so heartwarming to see them all prove to everyone there’s still good people in the world. Love this.

[SL-lzjr]

I’ve never been brave enough to get in a car with total strangers, when experiencing travel delays. One time, our Megabus had issues halfway from SF to LA. Some strangers passing by offered rides to LA. Some folks shared an Uber. Another time an Amtrak train pulled into Philly, from DC to NYC. There was a fire on the train tracks. Didn’t do a shared Uber either. However, I definitely understand that immediate comraderie when you’re all stranded together. There’s nothing quite like the community (however fleeting) that is built over a shared struggle.

[jaanikvestergaard]

As a proud knoxvillian it's amazing to see people band together in times of need to get to our great city.

[HeatherBDentureDiVa]

I love seeing good people connect and enjoy their time regardless of a flight being cancelled

[gigachad]

I feel this is what life’s about, getting with random people and doing things together to achieve a goal.

[nozomidane]

with a lot of violence going on in the world right now, it's so heart warming to still see kind and pure people in this world