Daily Mail: 'Damn near everyone on the plane was crying': Delta passenger captures the heart-wrenching moment a fallen soldier's body is removed from an aircraft and greeted by her weeping family
* Moment a fallen soldier returning home to her family brings flight to tears
* Mike Helms, who took a photo of the scene, shared it on Facebook
* The story has since garnered 200,000 shares on the social media site
* Helms said that nearly everyone was in tears when the family greeted the casket
* A member of Newton's family reached out to Helms to personally thank him
* Brooke Newton, 25, died on August 30 in San Diego, California
The moment a fallen soldier was returned to her family in Oklahoma was so overwhelming for passengers on a commercial flight it brought nearly everyone to tears.
Passenger Mike Helms said when his plane landed at Will Rogers World Airport Thursday night, the crew informed passengers of the special significance of the flight.
'When we stopped at the terminal, the pilot announced that he would like to inform us that we were flying one of our fallen soldiers home to her family,' Helms wrote to Facebook.
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WNU Editor: Our prayers are with the family and loved ones.
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