boy lost stuffed tiger @ airport finds tiger stayed busy june 17, 2015 11:34 et
bill chappell
if boy named owen suspects stuffed tiger named hobbes has secret life, staff of tampa international airport won't disagree. owen lost hobbes @ airport — , when reclaimed tiger, received photos of hobbes touring facility.
owen, 6, had flown florida texas. mother, amanda lake,
says of trip, owen preoccupied whether tiger ok.
"hobbes 1 of kind. made hand aunt lives in houston," lake tells
tampa bay times.
not hobbes ok, after found airport's janitorial crew, operations staff decided take tiger gelato , on behind-the-scenes tours of airport. hobbes stopped hotel , played jenga.
when owen returned texas, reunited hobbes , given bound book of photographs showed tiger had been to.
brainchild of airport operations center manager tony d'aiuto, says used coupon make photo book @ drugstore. story drawing wide attention — after all, it's rather rare see heartwarming story emerge airport, particularly @ start of summer travel season.
"it very, sweet," lake said in news release airport. "we told him on , on hobbes on adventure nice , show him hobbes had been on adventure.
"thank @ tampa international airport took such great care of hobbes. such nice surprise."
on
the airport's facebook post story, top-rated comment woman wrote, "what great story. great airport" — airport replied, "thanks mom!"
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