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Wheelchair basketball players say Southwest left a '300-piece jigsaw puzzle' after flight

Posted on AllSides April 28th, 2024
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Myranda Shields and Justin Walker’s trip to Richmond, Virginia, for the National Wheelchair Basketball Association National Championships was not a slam dunk. Walker, who plays for the Phoenix Suns D2 wheelchair team, said that when he and his teammates arrived in Virginia, they found what his girlfriend (Shields) and a fellow wheelchair basketball player described as a 300-piece jigsaw puzzle. The baggage handlers had separated wheels from dozens of wheelchair frames while loading them onto the plane. “When we got there, it was like they weren’t prepared for us at...

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https://usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2024/04/28/southwest-airlines-wheelchair-basketball-incident/73455578007

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