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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Down's Syndrome youth kicked off AA flight for
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PRIVACY Forum mailing list)
Tue Sep 4 19:56:06 2012
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 16:47:20 -0700
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Down's Syndrome youth kicked off AA flight for being in first class
http://j.mp/PZvMZP (KTLA)
"A family claims they couldn't board their cross-country flight to Los
Angeles after their son was singled out and discriminated against
because he has Down syndrome."
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A skeptical observer might suspect that what was really going on here
was AA not wanting to "trouble" the other first class customers with
having to see the kid. Eh?
--Lauren--
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