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Before Freddie Mercury sold out stadiums — he loaded luggage at Heathrow Airport just to survive. In 2018, the same airport's baggage handlers danced in his memory on his birthday. British Airways called him their most famous employee. Before the stadiums. Before the catsuits. Before Live Aid. Farrokh Bulsara was a part-time baggage handler at London's Heathrow Airport for British Airways — loading luggage onto planes to make ends meet while studying at Ealing Art College. He had almost nothing. His mother said of him — "Right from the start, Freddie was musical. He had it on his mind all the time." But the music wasn't paying yet. So he loaded bags. When not slinging bags at Heathrow — Mercury frequented London's underground concert scene. It was at one of these concerts that he first met Brian May and Roger Taylor of Smile. When the band's lead singer dropped out in 1970 — Mercury stepped in. Within five years — he had recorded Bohemian Rhapsody. Within fifteen — he had performed at Live Aid. And Heathrow Airport — the place where he once carried strangers' suitcases — never forgot him. On September 5th, 2018 — what would have been his 72nd birthday — British Airways staged an extraordinary tribute. Baggage handlers at Terminal 5 performed a fully choreographed flash mob to "I Want to Break Free" — dressed in bright yellow jackets, white trousers, and fake moustaches. The Baggage Manager said — "Freddie Mercury is an undisputed rock legend and it has been an absolute blast planning his birthday celebrations at Heathrow Airport — where he once worked." British Airways called him — officially — their most famous baggage handler. The man who once carried other people's bags — had his successors dancing in his memory. In the exact same terminal. Decades later. Some journeys start in the most unlikely places. #freddiemercury