""Today we do have a very special passenger on board ... we have a young hero named Cruz who is 2 years old. He has been battling a very rare form of cancer and he is now officially cancer free.""
""Whoever was awake took one," said Gallagher, a flight attendant for Southwest Airlines. Some passengers drew pictures or wrote poems, others offered messages of support. A few wrote about their own experiences with cancer."
""It's truly a huge thing to accomplish, let alone for a 2-year-old boy," said Gallagher, who has two young children, ages 4 and 5. "We all decided we should do something special for him.""
"Cruz was diagnosed with Stage 4 neuroblastoma in July 2025, after doctors initially attributed his symptoms to acid reflux, constipation and an ear infection."
During a flight from Dallas to San Diego, a flight attendant announced that a 2-year-old boy named Cruz, who had recently overcome a rare form of cancer, was on board. The announcement led to an outpouring of support from passengers, who wrote messages of encouragement and congratulations on napkins. Cruz had just completed four months of treatment in New York and was returning home. The flight crew coordinated the effort after learning about Cruz's journey and ensured his parents were comfortable sharing his story.
Read at The Washington Post
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