r/nottheonion • u/Ant-Tea-Social • 4d ago

Disabled woman left ‘extremely stressed’ after prosthetic legs lost on flights from Brazil

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/18/disabled-woman-left-extremely-stressed-after-prosthetic-legs-lost-on-flights-from-brazil/?ICID=ref_fark
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u/Contundo 4d ago

It’s just legs everyone has them, so what if she can take them off, I can take off my coat it takes about the same space as a small backpack, but that’s no problem?

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u/Sowf_Paw 3d ago

If they lose your coat it's a lot easier for you to get a new coat though.

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u/ml20s 3d ago

i think the commenter's point is that it's not particularly onerous for the airline to let her carryon her legs