>> he was just lonely and wanted to talk. >> reporter: which is what the two did for an hour or more. >> i was just kind of thinking, like, wow, this is really cool. i hope i don't spell anything wrong. ( laughs ) >> reporter: seated nearby, passenger lynette scribner thought it was cool, too. she took this photo and wrote an wcount of clara's act of kindness on facebook, calling it "a beautiful reminder, in this time of too much awfulness, that there are still good, good people who are willing to look out for each other." that post has been shared more than 600,000 times. >> doing something like that is just what anyone would have done. it is weird that i'm getting so much attention for doing something i wouldn't have thought twice about doing. >> reporter: it's not weird, clara, it's good. dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. >> glor: a beautiful reminder. there you go. that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. i'm jeff glor in los angeles. i will see you tomorrow from san loancisco. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh