On Tiktok, a woman pushed a rant against an American airline. The reason? She asked him to turn off his son’s respirator before starting.
Melissa Sotomayor is still not starting. And for good reason: this mother and her son in Disability Lived a surreal scene aboard a plane.
She sent a video on Tiktok To tell his misadventure. Above pushing it a huge rant toward airline United Airlines.
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Facts took place on Saturday 8 March. That day Melissa and her two -year -old boy went to Tampa International Airport (Florida) to take a flight To Newrk, in New Jersey.
The surreal demand for the crew before starting
Shortly before Start asked the boarding loss Melissa to turn off Respirator Artificial her son. This request shocked the American as the boy needs this device to live.
“When I was sitting, a member of the crew approached me and told me that I had to turn off breathing and the oxygen bottle because they had to be safe to start,” the author of the video on the social network explains.
Before I add:
“I explained to him that I couldn’t remove my son from this equipment because they kept him alive.”
@Missysoto0 Please, if you were on flight number UA1349 on Saturday, March 8, 2025, with a departure time at 1 p.m. 8:09, then reach out to me if you heard and or then the way we were treated. I will pursue this as the flight is waiting has an inaccurate report on what happened. No parent should slip to remove their child from the wind to start! The friendly woman in row 9 even kept my youngest while I got my oldest placed. I do not release any information about you in public. I want the company to know what really happened and not what fas telling them to cover their shutters #Noahststrong #Teamspicysweetpotato #Fypt #MedicalmomsoftStok #Medic complex #Warriors #Tracheostomy #Trach #Trachbabies ♬ Original Sound – Missy Soto
As the mother specifies, her previous flight had gone smoothly. In addition, she had been granted the necessary permits to travel with medical equipment.
“Even the captain returned to me and said to me,” I don’t think your son should fly. It’s dangerous for him. Look at him “. I replied” there’s no problem. My son is medically authorized to fly “(…)”, the young woman explains.
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The airline apologizes
After an hour of waiting, the device ended up leaving the mother and the son. After this incident, the airline apologized in a statement sent to CNN.
“We contacted the client to respond to her concerns and we apologized for any frustration she may have felt,” the company said.
In his side, Melissa described this message “Hypocritical».
