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Mom Says Southwest Booted Her Family, Autistic Son, Off Flight
The flight attendants asked for the children to quiet down twice, but she never thought they'd get kicked off the plane.


Seattle, WA -- A Washington state mom says flying with her four children was unbelievable. She says Southwest left her stranded. Now she wants an apology.

Wendy Slaughter and her pregnant sister were travelling with Slaughter's autistic son, her daughter who suffers from cerebral palsy, and her two other children.

It was her children's first flight and she admits they were being loud and had trouble sitting still. But she says she was shocked when police detained her family during a connection flight in Phoenix.

"I am furious about it. I can't believe they could do something like that and then leave us completely stranded with no money no way to get anywhere," Slaughter says.

The flight attendants asked for the children to quiet down twice, but she never thought they'd get booted from the plane.

She wants an apology, and compensation for the tickets she had to purchase through another airline to get home.

Southwest Airlines told KIRO TV the children were being disruptive and unruly and they were not allowed back on the plane for the safety of other customers.

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Source: CNN Pathfire/KIRO

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