Kyran Ashford is an American operations officer known for going viral after a video released by Musician Terry McBride captures the man dancing on the tarmac as he escorts the plane taking off. ^{[3] [0]}

Kyran is a native of Rochester, New York and has lived there for many years with the rest of his family. ^[10]

Kyran has been working as an operations officer for five years for JetStream Ground Services.

He has held multiple positions and currently services Southwest Airlines at Greater Rochester Airport. ^[7]

On October 20th, 2017, a video recorded by Musician Terry McBride captures how

Kyran dances while escorting the airplane.

The video has since gone viral with over

11 million views.

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Ashford is also apparently known to rap boarding instructions to passengers at the gate.

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Kyran believes in bringing people "30 seconds of positive vibes".

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He lives in Rochester with his wife and son.

"You don't know why these people are flying out... they could be going to a funeral."

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