A woman has shared the heartwarming story of Delta Airlines giving her an extra 24-hours with her mother before she passed away. In a now-viral TikTok, Hannah White explained she was rushing to get home to North Dakota to see mom Kathleen Nelson, who had gone into septic shock post surgery after suffering undiagnosed pneumonia.
![[Hannah immediately booked the first flight out of Dallas which was leaving the next morning. The flight had a connection in Minneapolis, which wasn't an issue until her flight was delayed by an hour due to mechanical issues]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/16/93876817-14263347-image-m-4_1736354272304.jpg)
Hannah's brother called her, telling her the 'family needed to visit her immediately,' as 'doctors did not know what was wrong or how long she had.'. Hannah immediately booked the first flight out of Dallas which was leaving the next morning. The flight had a connection in Minneapolis, which wasn't an issue until her flight was delayed by an hour due to mechanical issues.
![[Hannah says the airline, who held her connecting flight so she could make it, gave her an extra 24-hours with her mother, before she passed away (stock image)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/16/93877515-14263347-image-a-11_1736354819210.jpg)
'I knew that if I didn't make my flight I wouldn't see my mom until the following day and we weren't sure she'd be alive,' she explained in the video. Hannah explained her situation to the flight attendant, desperately asking if there was something they could do to make sure she makes the connecting flight.
'She came back to my seat and told me I was unfortunately going to miss my flight and they had already booked me for the flight the following day,' she recalled. 'As she explained this, I immediately started welling up with tears,' Hannah recounted. 'I bawled in my seat knowing I wouldn't be able to see my mom one last time.'.
