From the Wall Street Journal:
Social media has credited a divine intervention for this sudden return to mobility. An enigmatic “Jetway Jesus” is curing these passengers by the time they land, and the remarkable recovery acts have been dubbed “miracle flights.”<[scroll for more:]
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The flight attendant explained to Gomez that many able-bodied passengers request wheelchairs for “the VIP experience”—an escort down the jetway that lets them skip the lines and gives them first crack at overhead space. Once they realize at the end of the flight that they have to wait for assistance to disembark, the healing begins.