A flight was delayed in Atlanta for over an hour. An Army vet got his sax from the overhead bin and played Christmas songs

(CNN) — Army veteran Wayne Hoey takes his saxophone with him everywhere. It came in handy this month when his flight sat on the tarmac for more than an hour in Atlanta.

Hoey was returning from a family visit to Detroit and was on a Delta Air Lines connecting flight to Augusta, Georgia. As his plane waited at the gate, delayed by a staffing issue, he noticed a few toddlers across the aisle were starting to fuss.

So Hoey flagged down a flight attendant who was handing out water and offered to help…

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