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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

Airline overbooks flight, splits up family and makes children fly across the Atlantic separately

Sarah Kitchen

Robbie and Sarah Kitchen expected their family summer holiday to Florida to be a dream trip after Covid and a health scare.

The family of five from Dundonald in Northern Ireland had originally planned to visit the Sunshine State in 2020, but Covid put paid to the plan. Then Robbie was diagnosed with prostate cancer and spent months undergoing treatment before being given the all clear.

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