U.S. Air Marshal

The flight across the Atlantic from Boston to London started this trip off on the right foot! It started when a young Englishman who was going to sit next to me on the plane asked me if I was travelling alone and if I could switch seats with his friend. I told him that that was no problem. I moved to the row in front of where I was originally sitting and with my friendly way I started talking to these very cute 6-year old twin girls who were sitting on my left and who were SO well behaved, and then this guy on my right got into the conversation as well. The man was telling me stories about how he restores old motorcycles and cars and was going to London to find some to ship back and was only going to be in London for a few days. After talking for a little while and going back and forth about what he does and where he was recently on "vacation," he told me that he had something for me, and he pulled a pin out of his pocket that said "United States Boston Field Office Federal Air Marshal." He told me that I could have the pin and that he felt that he couldn't lie to someone for 7 hours. He also told me that he normally doesn't talk to people on planes but I seemed nice, so he wanted to talk to me. Then as we were about to land in London, he told me that I could have one of his passes to go through the "Fast Track" lane in customs rather than waiting in the long line. What a flight and what an amazing experience!