{"id":995191,"date":"2022-02-17T18:49:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T18:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/17\/watch-boy-5-reunited-with-teddy-bear-lost-at-milwaukee-airport-in-november\/"},"modified":"2022-02-17T18:49:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T18:49:37","slug":"watch-boy-5-reunited-with-teddy-bear-lost-at-milwaukee-airport-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/17\/watch-boy-5-reunited-with-teddy-bear-lost-at-milwaukee-airport-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Boy, 5, reunited with teddy bear lost at Milwaukee airport in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Boy-5-reunited-with-teddy-bear-lost-at-Milwaukee-airport-in-November.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"nYZOrRyzNxc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Airport Reunites Young Boy With Lost Teddy Bear Through Viral Campaign\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nYZOrRyzNxc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">Feb. 17 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> A 5-year-old Texas boy who lost his teddy bear at a Wisconsin airport in 2021 was reunited with his beloved toy after the airport launched a social media campaign to find the stuffed animal&#8217;s owner.<\/p>\n<p>David Burnett said his family was catching a flight home to Texas at Milwaukee&#8217;s Mitchell International Airport after Thanksgiving when his son, Ezekiel, 5, tossed his teddy bear into the air, where it became stuck in some rafters.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was tossing it up in the air, you know &#8212; kids. And he tossed it a little bit too high, and it got stuck up in the rafters,&#8221; David Burnett told WITI-TV. &#8220;And I looked at it and said, &#8216;Nope, that&#8217;s there. It&#8217;s not coming back down.&#8217; And from there, giant tears came down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Airport workers found the bear in January and a social media campaign was launched to find the teddy&#8217;s owner.<\/p>\n<p>The airport&#8217;s posts went viral on Twitter, Facebook and Tiktok after social media users pointed out the heart shape on the teddy bear&#8217;s chest, which could signify that its owner has a heart condition.<\/p>\n<p>Burnett said his wife saw one of the posts when a friend shared it on Facebook.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My wife was sitting there, and a friend of hers had shared it via Facebook,&#8221; he told WISN-TV. &#8220;It was just a fun story. She was just on her phone and then she just jumped up and then she said, she couldn&#8217;t even speak! I looked at it, and I was like, &#8216;That&#8217;s his bear.&#8217; Without a doubt, and it just took off from there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The airport had Ezekiel and his dad flown to Milwaukee for a reunion with the teddy bear Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so happy,&#8221; Ezekiel told WTMJ-TV.<\/p>\n<p>Burnett said Ezekiel is in perfect health, but the parents were happy to learn the teddy bear&#8217;s story had raised awareness of children with heart problems.<\/p>\n<p>Harold Mester, director of public affairs and marketing for Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, said the hub also benefited from the story of Ezekiel&#8217;s bear in an unexpected way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And now as a result, MKE has more TikTok followers than any other airport in the world,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 17 (UPI) &#8212; A 5-year-old Texas boy who lost his teddy bear at a Wisconsin airport in 2021 was reunited with his beloved toy after the airport launched a social media campaign to find the stuffed animal&#8217;s owner. 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