ATLANTA — During a delayed Atlanta flight, a man’s love for music and making people happy showed unity during the holiday season.
Wayne Hoey, an Army band veteran and retired middle school band director, was returning home from Detroit with his wife when they received news that a delayed flight from Atlanta to Augusta on Saturday would be longer because a replacement copilot got stuck in traffic.
“We’re all stuck in this tube, and there’s no place to go, and the seats are not big enough to begin with. I just do what I do, and that is, I’ve been teaching music for so long, I’ve been playing music for so long. This is what makes me happy,” he said…