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Firefly Airlines Touched Hearts This Malaysia Day

FireFly Airlines touched the hearts of many with their
Malaysia Day short video, entitled “Bring Me Home” - which
focused on national unity, which is a much tossed about sub-
ject these days. Within five hours of uploading the video on
the airline’s Facebook page, the video struck a chord amongst
many people, which led to it gaining over 2000 views.
The video, carrying the meaning of “Connect the Discon-
nected”, directed and produced in-house by the airline’s
Marketing & Communications team, begins with a mother
and daughter hugging each other and crying, and suddenly
an angry father standing near a window shouting “Why did
you do this to us?” in Tamil.
It then moves on to the daughter asking for forgiveness for
going against her parents’ wishes by marrying a man of her
own choice. The fuming father pulls his wife away from the
daughter and tells both his daughter and son-in-law to get
out of the house. As he leaves, the son-in-law declares that he
will take care of their daughter till his last breath.
The scene then moves to the present, with the daughter
sending her son off to school and reminding him to not A video which touched Malaysian hearts.
choose his friends based on skin colour. The boy later
becomes the glue in reuniting his parents and grandparents
by arranging a surprise flight with Firefly for a meet up after “The reality is that every connection, in the end, begins with a noble
he “accidently” finds out what had happened years ago. struggle and incomparable sacrifice. We live in a diverse country filled
This video touched the hearts of Malaysians with the lesson with people whom we call family. Despite our different cultures and
of putting negativities aside, while still having a sense of races, we are a harmonious country which is rich in resources and free
belonging and togetherness with all Malaysians. It clearly from natural disasters. Many stories from the man on the street will
showed that Firefly stands tall, united and will make our confirm that most Malaysians are blind to each other’s skin colour,”
“home” proud and harmonious. said Ignatius Ong, CEO of Firefly Airlines.

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