A disabled travel blogger who says he was threatened with being forcibly deplaned at gunpoint by Delta staff in Atlanta as he tried to wait onboard for his wheelchair says that the airline has promised him a full investigation into the shocking incident.
Cory Lee, a Georgia-based blogger, was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at the age of two and has used a wheelchair since he was a child. When wheelchair users fly, they are supposed to have their own wheelchairs delivered to them at the jet bridge as soon as the plane lands. In the event that their personal wheelchair is not available due to damage or loss, they are offered what is known as an “aisle chair”: a rudimentary wheelchair that many describe as uncomfortable and unsuited to their needs.
