When the dust settled, they learned they would be feeding 165 travelers
Last week, Jewish news outlets featured the story of a Delta flight bound for JFK that was diverted to Detroit due to inclement weather in New York. The weary passengers alighted to find scores of members of the Detroit community with huge quantities of food waiting for them. Daniel Greenbaum shares his perspective on what transpired and the events leading to the deeply inspiring moment.
“It began at around 11 a.m. when someone posted a screenshot of a Delta app showing that a flight from Israel was being diverted to Detroit,” he shares. “I think the purpose of the post was simply that it was interesting — there are no direct flights from Israel to Detroit.”
But Daniel understood that the interesting tidbit actually came with severe implications.
“These people had no food to eat and nowhere to go,” he said. “I knew we had to do something to help them.” Daniel is close with the owners of Detroit’s Jerusalem Pizza, Brian and Rivka Jacobs.
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