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The children’s faces were pure excitement as they stepped off a United Airlines flight after landing at the ‘North Pole’. United partnered with five charitable organizations in the Denver, Colorado, area to ferry more than 100 Denver-area kids ages three to 10 years on a 45-minute flight to a hangar outside Denver international airport transformed into the North Pole. The children were met by a waiting Santa and Mrs Claus and a host of elves, and all received gifts. “When life seems to get tough or I want to complain about something, I remember these kids and the joy and the love and what this feels like, and it just keeps my life in perspective,” said United Capt Bob Zimmermann, the holiday flight’s pilot, More than 200 United employees each “adopted” a child, buying gifts for them. This year the Fantasy Flights took place in 13 cities.
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