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Passengers take on excess baggage of soldiers bound for Cotabato, Marawi


A passenger on an AirAsia flight bound for Davao on Tuesday shared a touching scene at the check-in counter, involving soldiers and the spirit of bayanihan.

Three soldiers were ahead of Inday Rakel, and she watched as the AirAisa staff informed them that their bags were over the weight limit.

"So our 3 men without any complaints, stepped back and went to the side and sort their stuff out. But even if how hardly they tried, still there was a 7 kgs. excess in one of the soldiers' [bags]," Inday Rakel wrote on Facebook.

One of the soldiers thought about sending their luggage to Davao by cargo, but decided against it; One had to travel straight to Cotabato and the other two to Marawi.

Inday Rakel wanted to speak to the supervisor and explain the situation, but before she could that, "kindhearted passengers started to offer their extra weight for our soldiers."

She wrote, "With that, my heart melted. I was really captivated by the generosity and kindness these passengers shown. It was literally like Filipinos in Bayanihan. And when it was my turn, luckily enough with an extra 2kgs free, the soldier's shoes filled my rucksack in."

She additionally said that she was impressed that the men in uniform "remained humble and followed simple airline rules."

The story, which was shared as a post on AirAsia's Facebook page, has been liked over 26,000 times and shared by nearly 4,000 users as of writing.

Inday Rakel in a brief chat with GMA News Online said that she has nothing against the AirAsia employees — who were only following the rules, too — and only wanted to send the company feedback about the incident. — LA, GMA News

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