This is horrifying – not only the risk of it happening, the risk of it happening and not being told. I had a similar incident where my back cushion was slashed and was told “it was already like that”.
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American Airlines Dropped My Wheelchair — And Planned to Hide It - Wheelchair Travel
Airlines frequently damage wheelchairs, but even when a power wheelchair is dropped, they can't be trusted to inform passengers.
Kamil and kenigor5 Comments-
If that happened to me, the cops would have to be called…on me. Those who’d broken my chair would find out that my muscles aren’t weak. Breaking my chair would be like if my legs were broken by someone else.
Not wishing to be insensitive to what I know if a physically demanding job of handling luggage, strollers and wheelchairs, it is very disappointing to see this kind of attitude. A wheelchair is a disabled person’s lifeline!
Accidents happen. But if it happens, it needs to be conveyed that there was a mistake, they’re sorry, and will try to make it right.
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Pffff unacceptable but still happening in 2023…
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I’m terribly sorry this happened to your wheelchair Josh, I agree with Carlos that it is tantamount to taking away a person’s legs
