David and Jessica Burnett were at the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport about to board a flight with their two small children when they saw their son, Ezekiel, 5, throw his beloved stuffed(填充的) bear high above his head. David Burnett warned his son not to throw Teddy too high. Ezekiel kept playing his catch game and threw Teddy more than 20 feet. This time the bear didn't come down. It was stuck in the rafters(椽子) at the Milwaukee airport, and there wasn't time to ask anyone for help because it was time to board their flight home to Dallas.
The couple did their best to comfort Ezekiel and his concerned sister, Zaria3, on the flight home and were relieved when Ezekiel seemed content to sleep with a favorite stuffed dog that night. "We didn't call the airport because Ezekiel has lost a lot of toys over the years," said Jessica Burnett, 39. "I did feel some mom guilt, so later I bought him a bear online that looked similar to Teddy."
Then on the evening of Feb. 8, Jessica said she spotted a familiar face on Facebook. Somebody at the airport noticed Teddy in the lost lockup area and posted about. him a: couple of times on Facebook, Some of the photos showed him hanging out with a purple monkey named Violet the airport's longest lost stuffed animal. Airport workers regularly post about missing toys and stuffed animals and they had tried unsuccessfully to find Violet's owner for two years. They hoped lo have better luck with Teddy.
The big moment finally happened when the family caught a plane back to Dallas about a year later. When Ezekiel saw his lost bear, he hugged Teddy and told airport workers that he was happy to see him again. "I think they took good care of him. But I'm glad he's home," he said. "I won't be throwing my favorite bear into the air again anytime."
