Mom Who Went Viral When Strangers Helped with Her Son Responds (Exclusive) [Video]

One mom is showing just how far a simple act of kindness can go.

Gabrielle G., who goes by @notaregularnanny on social media, was traveling home to Florida after visiting family for the Fourth of July in Kansas City, Mo., when a global IT outage struck, canceling her light. After much back-and-forth, the single mom, 27, and her 18-month-old son were rebooked on a connecting flight through Detroit.

However, just before boarding, Gabrielle and her son were kicked off the flight due to space constraints. This caught the attention of another mom and her 2-year-old son, who were on the same flight.

“She saw me at the desk and noticed that we got kicked off our flight,” Gabrielle tells PEOPLE. “She told me that she was happy to put her child in her lap so that we could have the extra seat. And so, we ended up getting a seat on that plane after all because …