Man with cerebral palsy crawls off United Airlines plane when wheelchair doesn't come

Monday, October 26, 2015
WASHINGTON (KABC) -- United Airlines is apologizing after a man with cerebral palsy had to crawl off a plane because the special wheelchair for him never came.

D'Arcee Neal said he landed at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after attending a meeting in San Francisco about disabled accessibility. Neal waited, but the special wheelchair to take him from the plane to the terminal never came.

He crawled to the terminal, where a wheelchair was waiting with flight attendants.
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United Airlines said the special wheelchair was mistakenly removed from the gate and then returned, but it was too late.

Neal said United Airlines gave him $300 and was told the manager on duty was reportedly suspended.
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