John Shuster is receiving perks worthy of an Olympic hero.
A passenger swapped his first-class seat with Shuster for one in coach Monday morning on their flight from South Korea to the USA in appreciation for the USA curling skip’s gold medal achievement on the 2018 Olympics. Shuster shared the fan’s present with the broader sporting public by way of Twitter.
“Some stranger who attended our Gold Medal sport heard I used to be onboard in the present day and provided to commerce seats sending me as much as First Class,” Shuster wrote. “I’m actually humbled by random acts of kindness. Thanks sir, time to double my sleep from the previous couple of days! #NapTime.”
Shuster revealed the fan’s id as Hollywood, Fla., native Gary Butler and requested his followers to offer Butler a “large Twitter Thank You.”
Delta beforehand had denied Shuster and his American teammates a first-class improve after they took down Sweden to seize Olympic gold, so we perceive why the skip was so excited by this fan’s generosity.
The sudden improve is only one of some ways Individuals undoubtedly will thank Shuster within the coming weeks and months for successful the nation’s first Olympic gold medal in curling. Let’s hope it’s not the final.
