Umm...okay.
Bit of a stretch there, ya think???
What if he was trying to get to the hospital before his mother died?
What if he was trying to get to his mother's funeral?
What if he was trying to get to his daughter's wedding?
What if he was military and would be AWOL if he missed his flight?
As it was, I understand he was a doctor who said he needed be back to see patients the next morning, so what if one of those patients dies because he wasn't there to catch a critical condition and get them to the hospital in time?
The scenarios are endless.
And besides, twice on my flights, they just started offering money, raising the amount until someone bit. In one case it was $1500. If I hadn't had to be at White Sands for a Shuttle launch, I'd have taken it in a second.
Why didn't they do this.