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Long Beach Family With Autistic Teenage Son Forced Off Southwest Airlines Flight In St. Louis
"He will not keep a mask on his face. We have tried and tried. He just won't do it," LaShaunda Jethro told CBSLA.
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – When a Long Beach family with an autistic teenage son attempted to board a Southwest flight from St. Louis back home, they ran into a problem with the airline.
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Trey, LaShaunda Jethro’s 17-year-old, autistic son is nonverbal, and she said that flying with him is always challenge. Mask requirements have made the problem even more difficult.
“He will not keep a mask on his face. We have tried and tried. He just won’t do it,” Jethro told CBSLA.
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