Patrick Holland was elated when he recieved news last Thursday that there was a heart donor match for him at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. Mr Holland, who has congestive heart failure, was going to get a new heart.
Mr Holland, who lives in Fairbanks, Alaska, went to the airport with his brother to catch a flight from his hometown to Seattle. But with winter storm Elliott battering the country, the flight was cancelled. Alaska Airlines placed Mr Holland on another flight to Seattle after learning about the urgency of his situation, but that flight was re-routed in midair to Anchorage due to the weather conditions.
