{"id":1789958,"date":"2022-12-29T15:33:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T20:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1789958"},"modified":"2022-12-29T15:33:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T20:33:32","slug":"i-started-to-panic-father-of-seven-misses-chance-at-heart-transplant-because-of-canceled-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-started-to-panic-father-of-seven-misses-chance-at-heart-transplant-because-of-canceled-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Started To Panic\u2019A Canceled Flight Causes Father of Seven&#8217;s Chance Of Heart Transplant"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-started-to-panic-father-of-seven-misses-chance-at-heart-transplant-because-of-canceled-flight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1789958&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Patrick Holland is a Fairbanks resident, aged 57. <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/alaska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alaska<\/a>Despite all the efforts of <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/air-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">airport<\/a> As severe winter approaches, staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weather<\/a> Multiple flight cancellations were possible.<\/p>\n<p>The father of seven and grandfather of a three-year old discovered that he was eligible at the University of Washington Heart Institute, Seattle, after only two-and-a half weeks on a transplant waiting list. He was given an eight-hour window in which to fly to Seattle and he bought a ticket from Alaska Airlines, only to find out that the flight had been cancelled due to snow.<\/p>\n<p>During an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5x0Re6KeTvo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> CNN has a staff member who works for the company. \u201cjumped through hoops\u201d To place him on a flight. According to a, he boarded one plane that was diverted halfway through his journey because of ice in Seattle. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/29\/canceled-flight-to-seattle-costs-alaska-man-chance-for-heart-transplant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> The New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started to panic, and my phone said \u2018Anchorage,\u2019 and my worst fears were overwhelming me,\u201d Holland made the comment. \u201cI don\u2019t imagine they can wait that long because the longer it waits the longer the tissue decomposes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holland, a father of 36-year-old Holland and a husband for 17 years, was very happy with the kindness of Alaska Airlines staff. He was able to board more flights upon his return to Anchorage only to have them cancelled. Holland was then informed by the heart transplant coordinator that his heart would be transferred to another person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I cried more that day than I have in my life, and exerted every emotion that I\u2019ve never had,\u201d He said it in another language <a href=\"https:\/\/www.king5.com\/article\/travel\/flight-cancellations-cause-alaskan-man-to-miss-heart-transplant\/281-e855bbc4-6aa6-45bc-9041-03df6f540a8d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> With King 5. \u201cTo get out of that funk, I immediately said, \u2018Thank God, there\u2019s going to be a family that is saving someone\u2019s dad, saving someone\u2019s brother, saving someone\u2019s, someone\u2019s uncle,\u2019 you know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holland plans to seek temporary housing in Seattle, so that he can be more quickly able to access a new heart should the opportunity arise.<\/p>\n<p>The cancelations affecting Holland\u2019s flights occurred as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/massive-snowstorm-expected-to-impact-christmas-travel-nationwide-airlines-brace-for-cancellations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">severe winter weather<\/a>Travel was affected by severe snowfalls and subzero temperatures throughout the holiday weekend. According to the Associated Press, 54 million passengers were expected depart from airports between December 18, and January 3, representing a 20% increase over last year. <a href=\"https:\/\/media.hopper.com\/research\/christmas-2022-holiday-outlook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> Hopper.<\/p>\n<p>Southwest Airlines far surpassed other major carriers by canceling 2,909 flights on Monday, accounting for 71% of the company\u2019s volume, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/flightaware.com\/live\/cancelled\/yesterday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> FlightAware. FlightAware.com. The company also cancelled 2,536 flights Tuesday and 2,510 flights Wednesday. This represents 63% and 61%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Southwest attributed the cancellations to poor weather conditions. \u201cWe were fully staffed and prepared for the approaching holiday weekend when the severe weather swept across the continent,\u201d The company stated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/swamedia.com\/releases\/release-7e05ea1637937dc7354128bee7527c20-winterstormelliott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. \u201cThese operational conditions forced daily changes to our flight schedule at a volume and magnitude that still has the tools our teams use to recover the airline operating at capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Airlines are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/individuals\/aviation-consumer-protection\/flight-delays-cancellations#:~:text=In%20the%20United%20States%2C%20airlines,a%20flight%20that%20is%20oversold.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not required<\/a> In the event that passengers are bumped on an oversold flight, passengers will be reimbursed for delayed or canceled flights. The Department of Transportation <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USDOT\/status\/1607558478859759616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Officials will \u201cexamine whether cancellations were controllable and if Southwest is complying with its customer service plan.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Holland, a 57-year-old resident of Fairbanks, Alaska, missed a heart transplant despite the best efforts of airport staff as severe winter weather led to multiple flight cancelations. The father of seven, including a three-year-old, learned that he was eligible for a new heart at the University of Washington Heart Institute in Seattle after spending &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1781618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7156,3869,3846,6202,6453,4289,3999,12439,12438,8243,7663,6195],"class_list":["post-1789958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-i","tag-canceled","tag-chance","tag-daily","tag-father","tag-flight","tag-heart","tag-panica","tag-sevens","tag-started","tag-transplant","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1789958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1781618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1789958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1789958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1789958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}