Did Delta Make a Woman Crawl to Her Connecting Flight?

Jul 30th, 2008 | By Jared Blank

I have no idea whether this is true, and something about it smells funny, but in this post from the Consumerist, a Delta passenger with muscular dystrophy says that Delta employees made her crawl off a plane to make her connection because a wheelchair couldn’t be located. Dunno…

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Sarah July 30th, 2008 9:31 am :
I call hog wash. It is my belief that if there was no wheelchair available someone surly would have carried her when they saw her attempt to crawl.
Me July 30th, 2008 2:02 pm :
I like your FoxNews like headline which is really a question.
Kevin July 30th, 2008 7:37 pm :
I agree with Sarah. The story is full of holes that the “blame corporations first, ask questions later” readers of the Consumerist chose to ignore.

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