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Personal Story: Arriving in the City That Never Sleeps Without My Legs

August 8, 2019 by Denise Brodey

When fashionista Madison Wilson arrived in New York City for Fashion Week, her wheelchair never made it off her departing flight and got left across the country. So, she had essentially arrived in the city that never sleeps while American Airlines left her legs in Chicago. When her wheelchair finally arrived in NYC five days later, it was broken and continued to become increasingly broken on the flight back home…READ MORE

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photo credit: Madison Wilson

 

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