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‘I started crying’: Woman with Down syndrome denied boarding pass for flight. Here’s why

‘I started crying’: Woman with Down syndrome denied boarding pass for flight. Here’s why
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OMAHA, Neb. ( WOWT /Gray News) - An Omaha woman with Down syndrome was denied a boarding pass at the airport last month after airline staff determined she required a safety assistant to fly. Jennifer Jaspers, 52, had planned a solo birthday trip to North Carolina to visit her father and cousins....

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