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In reply to the discussion: Sickly, obese Bronx woman dies in Hungary after airlines say she's too fat to fly [View all]Separation
(1,975 posts)28. What about the embassy?
Did they try to contact the embassy to try and get a med flight, or arrange to have their med files sent over? This is very strange.
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Sickly, obese Bronx woman dies in Hungary after airlines say she's too fat to fly [View all]
whopis01
Nov 2012
OP
She had bought 2 seats for herself and yet they claimed the seat couldn't handle her weight.
pnwmom
Nov 2012
#2
That was the first time. That is when they couldn't find the extender and the seat was not going to
sammytko
Nov 2012
#13
after looking at her pic in post 22, I think they didn't want to take the chance of an inflight
sammytko
Nov 2012
#27
She only has one leg, so it sounds like she can't walk and needs a wheelchair.
yardwork
Nov 2012
#17
After reading the article, how sad for all involved. And I don't understand why
uppityperson
Nov 2012
#6
She might have even been to weak to be able to even help herself onto the plane
sammytko
Nov 2012
#14
I fucking love it! No evidence. No nothing! But after 33 years of marriage, you're "suspicious" ...
11 Bravo
Nov 2012
#33
Thanks, Dude! I've only been here for 10 years. I appreciate you taking the time to explain ...
11 Bravo
Nov 2012
#41
The only way someone gets that fat is if someone else gets the food and prepares it for them
FarCenter
Nov 2012
#57
Not necessarily from food. If she wasn't going to dialysis, fluids would have built up
sammytko
Nov 2012
#60
OK, that was my first thought. Who in their right mind goes to a foreign country for 2 months
Fla Dem
Nov 2012
#61
An all around tragedy, but I'll say this, no family member of mine that sick would fly without an
stevenleser
Nov 2012
#42
Yes, I do not understand this. Why was someone in that condition making a long transatlantic flight?
stevenleser
Nov 2012
#53
Thats just it. It seems to me they barely could deal with the flight over, then she got worse.
stevenleser
Nov 2012
#58
Sounds like it was dangerous for a woman in her poor medical health to travel into another
LisaL
Nov 2012
#62
Many overseas medical facilities require several thousand $ be put on a credit card before treatment
stevenleser
Nov 2012
#64