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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A motivational speaker with cerebral palsy said he was humiliated when he was kicked off a US Airways flight after being told he was too disabled to fly alone.
“I was raised to believe I could grow up doing what I wanted to do and it didn’t lead me to any entitlement,” said Johnnie Tuitel.
Tuitel, 47, of Grand Rapids Township, Mich., said he has flown more than 500,000 miles to give motivational speeches, but he missed one because of the Sept. 23 incident at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida.
US Airways spokeswoman Valerie Wunder said the gate agent was following company policy.
