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Hal Vaughan became an internet sensation last year when he booked six flights for December 23 to 25 to be with his daughter Pierce, a flight attendant. They flew from New Orleans to Detroit to Fort Myers, back to Detroit, then Hartford and Atlanta and back to New Orleans.<\/p>\n

PIERCE: <\/strong>My mom and dad and I have always been close. We always spend holidays together<\/a>, and I go home whenever I can.<\/p>\n

HAL: <\/strong>Pierce was born when I was 40, the youngest of four. We fight like cats and dogs and we laugh the whole time. She treats me like I\u2019m a crotchety old man.<\/p>\n

PIERCE: <\/strong>Only when he acts the part. And we don\u2019t really fight. It\u2019s just that he doesn\u2019t always appreciate my honesty<\/em>.<\/p>\n

HAL: <\/strong>Some have asked why my wife, Kimberly, Pierce\u2019s mom, didn\u2019t go on the trip at Christmas with us. But when the three of us are together, there\u2019s too much of everybody talking at once. So for trips, I usually go with one or the other, or the two of them go without me.<\/p>\n

PIERCE: <\/strong>Plus, someone has to stay home to take care of our three cats and two dogs.<\/p>\n

HAL: <\/strong>Really, I\u2019d never cared much for travel. But I\u2019ve discovered the beauty of flying\u2014partly because Pierce guilted me into it.<\/p>\n

PIERCE: <\/strong>I did not!<\/p>\n

HAL: <\/strong>She can\u2019t stand to miss a good deal. So she found these flights that were too good to pass up, she said. A waste not to book. We\u2019d been talking about going to all sorts of places thanks to her job, but we thought we had all the time in the world.<\/p>\n

PIERCE: <\/strong>Until Daddy had a terrible accident three months after I started.<\/p>\n

HAL: <\/strong>I broke my neck in June of last year. My neighbor and I were trimming tree limbs between our houses. I was on an eight-foot ladder in the back of a parked truck, which rolled a bit and dropped off the pavement. It catapulted me, and I landed headfirst. I was numb everywhere but my neck and shoulders, which felt like they were on fire. They took me to a trauma center and operated the next day. Then I couldn\u2019t feel anything. The doctors said maybe after the swelling went down\u2026but they really didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

PIERCE: <\/strong>I was working an international flight, and when I landed I got the terrible news. Mother could barely get the words out. They didn\u2019t know if Daddy was going to live\u2014or remain paralyzed<\/a>. I felt helpless.<\/p>\n

HAL: <\/strong>It took Pierce a couple of days to get to me, but when she did, she sent Kimberly home to rest. Every time I opened my eyes, she was right there. It did me good. She said, \u201cAs soon as you\u2019re up and about, we\u2019re getting those flights.\u201d She told me about all the places she wanted us to see. I started to believe it was possible.<\/p>\n

After three weeks, I moved to a rehab facility and got to where I could feed myself and use my hands and arms again, but I wanted to walk. I did in-home therapy for two months and got to where I could stand up and use a walker. Then I could walk with a cane, and then I threw that away. I\u2019m a little wobbly, but I make do. By December, I was pretty well back to my old self. We found out Pierce had to work over the holidays and would be alone on a layover in Connecticut on Christmas. She tried to hide her disappointment, but I could hear it in her voice. And she\u2019d spent all that time with me in a lonely hospital room\u2026.<\/p>\n

PIERCE: <\/strong>I guess he could see through me. I\u2019d come to accept that I had to work, but I\u2019d never spent Christmas without my parents. I joked they could come with me, but I didn\u2019t expect them to actually do it.<\/p>\n

HAL: <\/strong>I told Kimberly, \u201cOne of us needs to go.\u201d She said it ought to be me since I\u2019d missed out on so much during my recovery.<\/p>\n

PIERCE: <\/strong>And they were so casual about it, like, \u201cOh, your dad\u2019s going to come hang out with you on all six of your flights during Christmas.\u201d At first I laughed, but then when I saw it was for real, I worried that the flights would all be full, not unusual that time of year.<\/p>\n

HAL: <\/strong>Well, I got six consecutive flights on standby\u2014and on two of them, I got a first-class seat! Pierce had come home for a pre-Christmas Christmas<\/a>, but when we got to the airport, it was all business. Pierce was merciless, kept telling me to hurry up.<\/p>\n

PIERCE: <\/strong>As a flight attendant, I walk with purpose. You have to get to that gate on time. But I wasn\u2019t merciless! I gave him ample time. The part that killed me was how we\u2019d be on a plane for three hours with easy access to water and a bathroom, but then as soon as we got off, what did he want? Water and a bathroom.<\/p>\n

HAL: <\/strong>On the plane, I was busy, though. Pierce had told me beforehand, \u201cWhatever you do, do not film me when I am doing the safety demo,\u201d and I was like, \u201cSure.\u201d So naturally I not only filmed her but also made faces at her the whole time.<\/p>\n

PIERCE: <\/strong>Imagine trying to complete a safety demonstration in front of hundreds with this flash going off every few seconds and passengers wondering why this guy is taking pictures. I couldn\u2019t stop my presentation, so I stayed composed while signaling for him to cut it out.<\/p>\n

HAL: <\/strong>I have a great picture of her giving me the evil eye. After, she came over and said, \u201cSir, you need to learn how to operate your camera so the light doesn\u2019t come on when you\u2019re filming,\u201d and I replied, \u201cOh, I need to get my daughter to teach me that!\u201d And the person next to me said, \u201cThat must be your daughter!\u201d<\/p>\n

PIERCE: <\/strong>On another flight, Daddy was sitting next to this guy Mike, who asked if he could take my picture. Daddy had told him what he was doing, and Mike wanted to post about it on social media. I never thought I\u2019d see it. But I have a unique name, so it was easy for people to find me. Mike found me on Facebook and apologized. I was like, \u201cFor what?\u201d I didn\u2019t know the post had gone viral. I went to Mike\u2019s page and saw how many comments and likes there were and how people were sharing it nonstop. It just blew up.<\/p>\n

HAL: <\/strong>She said, \u201cDaddy, 4,000 people have looked at this,\u201d and I said, \u201cIs that a lot?\u201d Then it was 10,000, and then 40,000. Kimberly called and said we were getting calls from newspapers and shows. When I got home, we joked about how Hollywood we\u2019d gotten because The New York Times <\/em>called while I was on live radio with the BBC, and we told Fox News I\u2019d have to call them back.<\/p>\n

PIERCE: <\/strong>It showed me how fortunate I was to have parents who\u2019d go to the ends of the earth to spend Christmas with me. People on social media said they\u2019d give anything to spend Christmas with their dad, who\u2019d passed away. Some said things like, \u201cMy daughter moved and I haven\u2019t talked to her in years\u2026\u201d or \u201cMy dad walked out on us\u201d or things like that. Daddy and I didn\u2019t think we were doing anything out of the ordinary. But others pointing it out made me see how special our relationship is.<\/p>\n

HAL: <\/strong>It changed how I see Christmas. A relationship like ours\u2026well, it isn\u2019t like that for everyone. One girl said, \u201cWhat I wouldn\u2019t give for my dad to do that for me,\u201d and it hit me so hard because why wouldn\u2019t he? I want to enjoy what I\u2019ve got because I know it can go away suddenly.<\/p>\n

PIERCE: <\/strong>That\u2019s why I\u2019m taking my parents as many places as possible. It\u2019s so much fun to experience the world through their eyes. You should\u2019ve seen them in Chile. Daddy assumed that everyone everywhere spoke English. I had to explain, \u201cNo matter how slowly you speak, or how loudly, it\u2019s still not Spanish!\u201d<\/p>\n

HAL: <\/strong>My daughter doesn\u2019t ever cut me a break, but I think we have quite a few more adventures in store. Where will we spend this Christmas? Let\u2019s just say it\u2019s up in the air.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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