Woman with MS Tied to Wheelchair After Flight

Maria Saliagas was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) five years ago, but she didn't want that to stop her from traveling to Europe with her husband every year. Her son Nathan contacted Delta Airlines before her trip to make arrangements for a wheelchair with straps at her destination. On April 1, Saliagas and her husband and son flew from Atlanta to Amsterdam, but there wasn't a wheelchair with straps waiting for her. So, she was placed in a regular wheelchair to which she said Delta employees tied her with an allegedly dirty blanket, which bruised her left arm. Photographed by her son, Saliagas also said an employee cursed at her after she started crying. Delta has apologized and offered Saliagas 20,000 SkyMiles, but what she really wants is for the airline to make changes to how its passengers with disabilities are treated. For more details on this story, go to https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/04/25/delta-passenger-multiple-sclerosis-tied-to-wheelchair/23420253/.

A Delta airplane

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