Spirit Airlines shut down all operations at 3:00 AM on May 2, 2026, after 34 years of flights, leaving thousands of employees without jobs and an equal number of travelers holding worthless tickets. Within hours, a TikTok creator named Hunter Peterson launched a campaign to buy it back — not through private equity or a corporate acquisition, but through a public crowdfunding … [Read more...] about Spirit Airlines Crowdfunding Campaign Tops $337 Million