[nabs-l] Fwd: [Members] Airline apologizes for forgetting blind teen

[Sarah Alawami]

I used to be but I changed after my first convention. I do get an escort but only after I exit the plain.
On May 15, 2010, at 5:20 PM, David wrote:

> How ridiculous. Well, some blind people are that dependent on those around
> them that this sort of thing could happen.
> david
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> teen
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> I think she should have gotten off the plain by her self. How hard can that
> be? just  get off and turn right and go up the ramp thing and turn left and
> get out and then wait for your escort. but here's the story.
> 
> Airline apologizes for forgetting blind teen
> 
> Edmonton Journal , May 15, 2010
> 
> United Airlines has apologized to a blind woman from Vancouver Island who
> was abandoned on an empty plane in Chicago.
> 
> Jessica Cabot of Courtenay, B.C., made headlines this week after she went
> public about being forgotten in an empty United Airlines plane on an April 7
> stopover in Chicago.
> 
> The 18-year-old was waiting for flight attendants to escort her to a
> connecting flight to Florida when she heard the plane door seal shut. Ten
> minutes later two maintenance staff happened to find her on an unscheduled
> check of the plane.
> 
> She panicked in the plane, calling for help.
> 
> After a series of complaints, Cabot received a $250 airline voucher and the
> promise of an apology. Five weeks after her flight and a series of news
> stories later, she finally got one.
> 
> "They just called," said Cabot, on the phone from Jacksonville, Fla., where
> she is visiting her fiance. "I can't even count how many times they said
> sorry."
> 
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