[NAGDU] Pregnant woman and service dog punched in airplane scuffle in Orlando

Jessica Dail jldail13 at gmail.com
Sat May 19 01:50:16 UTC 2018


Hi,
It Devastates me to hear about all this, and I don’t even have a guide dog yet. It’s one of my main goals in life though.

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> On May 18, 2018, at 2:49 PM, Cindy Ray via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Oh, this is just awful! I just don't know where all of the violence and
> anger in this country ends. I have to be honest. It makes me almost feel
> that I don't want to get another dog; yet this really won't solve anything
> or guarantee I am safe from such things. I just don't remember ever hearing
> about things like this back when I was young. Maybe I'm just an old wwoman
> who doesn't remember. 
> Cindy Lou Ray
> cindyray at gmail.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [NAGDU] Pregnant woman and service dog punched in airplane scuffle
> in Orlando
> 
> Pregnant woman and service dog punched in airplane scuffle in Orlando 
> 
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> 
> Orlando Sentinel)
> 
> By Bianca Padró Ocasio•Contact Reporter
> 
> Orlando Sentinel May 18, 2018, 
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> A 59-year-old man punched a deaf pregnant woman and her service dog inside a
> Frontier flight upon landing in Orlando on Friday, Orlando Police said.
> 
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> According to a police report, Timothy Manley was travelling from Colorado
> Springs in Colorado, along with his wife Petrini Manley, 56, and Joshua
> Manley, 27, all from Gainesville.
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> Petrini Manley complained of being allergic to dogs as the plane descended
> and was being taxied to the gate at the Orlando International Airport. The
> service animal, a Great Dane, woke up and Timothy Manley told police the dog
> “took up more space than [he] felt it deserved.”
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> Timothy Manley punched the service dog, Zariel, and caused it to yelp.
> Zariel shook her head and hid under a seat, according to the police report.
> 
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> The 21-year-old woman and her 30-year-old partner, who is also deaf, tried
> to yell at Timothy Manley as best as they could, the report indicates.
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> Police said Timothy Manley then got into the man’s face and punched the
> woman, who is about 20 weeks pregnant.
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> Two officers arrived at the scene of the scuffle as Timothy Manley passed by
> them, saying “It took you all long enough to get here,” according to the
> report.
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> The 30-year-old man said he tackled Timothy Manley until police arrived. All
> the people involved declined medical treatment, but the woman said she wants
> to prosecute and is willing to testify in court.
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> Orlando Police Department spokeswoman Michelle Guido said the incident
> report has been handed over to the FBI, which is handling the investigation
> since the altercation happened on the plane.
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> http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-punch-airplane-dog-preg
> nant-woman-20180518-story.html
> 
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