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27-08-2023, 05:42 PM
Bevan Hurley
1 day ago
United Airlines has agreed to to pay $30m to the family of quadriplegic man who was left brain damaged after he was “violently” removed from a flight.
Nathaniel “NJ” Foster Jr, 26, who uses a wheelchair, ventilator, and tracheal tube, suffered the injury as he was deplaned from a United Express flight from San Francisco to Monroe, Louisiana, on 8 February 2019, while traveling to a funeral with his family.
His family alleged in court that a ramp supervisor had “aggressively” pushed Mr Foster, causing his body to jerk forward and then fall back
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Usually four to six staff helped him to disembark, but the complaint stated that only one attendant was initially available.
The staff member called for help and a “supervisor” arrived with an aisle chair.
When the family requested additional assistance, the supervisor reportedly said: “Fine. Do it yourself, then ... I’m out,”
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A baggage handler contracted to United then secured Mr Foster to his chair with a belt, and “aggressively” pushed him causing him to slump to one side.
His mother Pamela Foster sought medical help after hearing him whisper “I can’t breathe”, which would be his last words. He remains in a vegetative state
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the gate agent laughed and told a surgeon who offered help “we got this”.
Mr Foster, from Pleasant Hill, California, went into cardiac arrest and suffered “significant” brain damage
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/new...99806.html
1 day ago
United Airlines has agreed to to pay $30m to the family of quadriplegic man who was left brain damaged after he was “violently” removed from a flight.
Nathaniel “NJ” Foster Jr, 26, who uses a wheelchair, ventilator, and tracheal tube, suffered the injury as he was deplaned from a United Express flight from San Francisco to Monroe, Louisiana, on 8 February 2019, while traveling to a funeral with his family.
His family alleged in court that a ramp supervisor had “aggressively” pushed Mr Foster, causing his body to jerk forward and then fall back
......
Usually four to six staff helped him to disembark, but the complaint stated that only one attendant was initially available.
The staff member called for help and a “supervisor” arrived with an aisle chair.
When the family requested additional assistance, the supervisor reportedly said: “Fine. Do it yourself, then ... I’m out,”
......
A baggage handler contracted to United then secured Mr Foster to his chair with a belt, and “aggressively” pushed him causing him to slump to one side.
His mother Pamela Foster sought medical help after hearing him whisper “I can’t breathe”, which would be his last words. He remains in a vegetative state
......
the gate agent laughed and told a surgeon who offered help “we got this”.
Mr Foster, from Pleasant Hill, California, went into cardiac arrest and suffered “significant” brain damage
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/new...99806.html
