Airline personnel can appreciate this true account experienced by a = 16-year-old working passenger services for AA at DFW Dallas some time = back but unforgotten. He was directed to pick up an arriving passenger; = transfer her into a wheel chair and take her to a connecting flight. = There were however the often notable problems. The flight left in ten = minutes; gates were far apart and the terminal was exceptionally = crowded. "Ma'am," Romlee said, "I'll try my best to get you there in time however = the terminal is crowded and people usually don't get out of the way." = After issuing his disclaimer, he released the breaks pushing Granny's = wheelchair toward her gate. As predicted, there now was a man directly = in their path. "Excuse me!," Romlee implored. It fell on deaf ears. "We = may not make it," he complained.=20 With no reaction, Granny took action! In an unlikely move, holding her = cane with two hands, she gave a swift swat to the man's backside. He = jumped aside in anger that became laughter when he looked back at his = tiny, old, gray-haired assailant. There were others in the way. Granny = kept swinging. Every time Granny took a swing, she hit someone's = backside and every time they moved. She was parting the waters like = Moses. Traffic stopped behind her as those already surprised took time = to enjoy watching others taking their turn at bat just as they had taken = theirs.=20 And so Romlee pushed the wheel chair through the crowds with Granny = slugging away. Ted Williams was a batting champion. His life-time = average was .344. This means if he went to bat nine times, he would get = just better than three hits. Granny outdid this famous hitter. This = Louisville slugger never missed. Final outcome: Granny's plight to catch a flight paid off. She made her = plane in record time. Romlee, though he does not deny the effectiveness = of her technique, would rather have others assigned the task of helping = little old ladies in wheel chairs carrying a cane a crowd.=20