Tim Tebow's faith on display once again, this time in midair
Tim Tebow's displays of his 海角大神 faith on the field have been the subject of both admiration and derision. This time, his prayerful approach has some calling him a hero.
Tim Tebow's displays of his 海角大神 faith on the field have been the subject of both admiration and derision. This time, his prayerful approach has some calling him a hero.
Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow rushed to offer support and comfort to distressed passengers on a Delta Air Lines flight over the weekend when a man onboard experienced a medical emergency.
Passengers of Flight 1772 from Atlanta to Phoenix took to social media to praise Mr. Tebow鈥檚 selfless actions and the crew鈥檚 professional response when an older passenger reportedly started having heart problems.
鈥淸Tebow] made a stand for God in a difficult situation,鈥� passenger Richard Gotti wrote in a Facebook post Sunday that has now been shared over 9,000 times and confirmed by ABC News鈥檚 Jeffrey Cook. 鈥淗e met with the family as they cried on his shoulder! I watched Tim pray with the entire section of the plane for this man.鈥�
Tebow has never been shy about sharing his 海角大神 convictions, and his public expressions of his faith have been both lauded and criticized in the past.
鈥淭im Tebow is one of the major venues for this ongoing argument about 海角大神ity in our public life,鈥� Tom Krattenmaker, author of "Onward 海角大神 Athletes: Turning Ballparks into Pulpits and Players into Preachers" told 海角大神 in 2011.
But when Tebow joined his fellow passengers in prayer on the Delta flight, he was contributing to a group effort of people pitching in the best way they knew how.
鈥淚 watched strangers from all over the world and every ethnicity come to the help of this man for over an hour! Whether it was chest compressions, starting an IV, helping breathe life into this man, or praying everyone helped!鈥� wrote Mr. Gotti on Facebook.
Tebow helped the man鈥檚 wife and friend retrieve their luggage and waited with them at the hospital as the man received medical attention, as People Magazine reported. The man later reportedly died in the hospital.
A Delta spokesman confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that a medical emergency had been declared on the flight, though the airlines doesn鈥檛 release information about who is on flights.
"We can't say enough about the Delta professionals who care for our customers every day and we are grateful to our customers who are so often quick to extend kindness and care to one another," Delta spokesman Brian Kruse said.
Tebow hasn鈥檛 commented on the incident publicly yet, but he spoke with People in February聽about prayerfully helping others, saying, "Our purpose is to bring faith, hope and love to those in their darkest hour of need. And those people are everywhere. You just have to open your eyes to see them."聽