KOURTNEY Kardashian and her husband, Travis Barker, have been praised after an emotional moment on their show.
In the most recent episode of The Kardashians, Kourtney helped Travis deal with his fears of flying in a touching way.
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It came just after their Italian wedding, as the two newlyweds prepared to take a private jet from Milan back to the United States.
Travis, 46, has understandable reservations about flying after being involved in a tragic plane crash in 2018 that took the lives of four people.
So before the plane ride home, Kourtney, 43, wrapped her arms lovingly around her man, and shared a prayer.
“Take us safely from Italy to New York,” she whispered while clutching Travis, who looked a little uneasy. “May angels sit on our wings.”
She then gave him a comforting kiss before reassuring him: “We’re good babe. We’re ok.”
Online, fans became emotional as well.
“Kourtney’s prayers every time they takeoff, considering Travis fear of flying, is the absolute sweetest thing ever,” one person tweeted.
Another added: “I’m so happy he and Kourtney have their happily ever after. They give us all hope for soulmates.”
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While one shared: “The fact that he nearly died in a plane crash and Kourtney was the first one to get him back on a plane is a love story in itself.”
THE CRASH
In September 2008, Barker was traveling to California from South Carolina alongside friend and DJ Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein when their jet crashed during take-off.
Apparently, the pilot misjudged the distance of the runway, overran the runway end, and crashed through the airport boundary fence.
The plane crossed South Carolina Highway 302 and came to rest on to an embankment, before bursting into flames.
Both pilots of the aircraft, along with two other passengers, were killed, while Travis and DJ AM suffered horrendous second and third-degree burns.
A year later, DJ AM died following an overdose as he was struggling to cope with the impact of such a horrifying event.
THE AFTERMATH
The Blink-182 musician has rarely spoken of the incident that left him diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, but he did relive the horror moment on the Joe Rogan podcast in late 2019.
The drummer said: “When I jumped through the emergency exit when the plane blew up, I was in such a hurry to exit the plane I jumped right into the jet, which is full of fuel.
“My whole body lit up. I had jet fuel in my whole body. I burped jet fuel for almost three months [after].
“When I jumped into the jets… I started running… I was ripping off my clothes because that’s what my instinct told me to do … but little did I know I was still on fire because I was soaked in jet fuel.”
Sixty-five percent of Travis’ body was badly burnt as he faced the daunting prospect of potentially having his right-foot amputated.
He said: “My right foot almost didn’t make it, that was the thing that was most soaked was my shoes and socks.
“I was running towards a highway and I hear some guy yelling, ‘Stop, drop and roll’, and I heard it through all the chaos of sirens and everything.
“I stopped, dropped and rolled, and the only thing still on fire was my feet. So they were on fire the longest.”
THE PAIN
The father-of-two would go on to spend over eleven weeks in hospital after the incident, in which he endured 26 surgeries and skin grafts.
He revealed the damaging impact this had on his mental health, stating: “After my accident… I was four months in a hospital being fed morphine every day.
“When I was in the hospital, I was on so many drugs I didn’t even know my two friends had passed away. I didn’t know the pilots had passed away. I didn’t remember anything.
“I kept thinking everyone was in the hospital, including the two pilots and including my best friends. I thought everyone was in different rooms until two weeks before I left. Then I went crazy… I wasn’t in a good place.”
“I was kind of crazy. I was suicidal. I did a lot of post-traumatic therapy when I was in the hospital to calm things down after my surgery. Over time … I started to feel better,” he shared.
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