Solace through Hot Food

Last month, ash clouds spewed out of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano, causing air traffic in Europe to come to a sudden halt. With high hotel costs and expensive airport food, many stranded passengers found themselves tired, hungry, out of money, and making beds out of airport terminal chairs. In response, humanitarian relief organization United Sikhs arrived at London's Heathrow airport and began dolling out hot meals and drinks, free of charge. As part of an ongoing United Sikhs project called "Feed the Hungry," volunteers brought hot, homemade meals and drinks to the tired travelers. The kindness was contagious, as one grateful passenger jumped to help serve the food. "It mattered not that the stranded travelers...could have bought cold sandwiches available at high prices in an outlet. We needed to provide solace through hot food," said volunteer Jaswinder Kaur, who had been stranded at Frankfurt airport just two days earlier.

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