MARISSA BODE WAS 'DENIED BOARDING A FLIGHT BECAUSE I'M DISABLED. (PHOTO).
Marissa Bode was 'denied boarding a flight because I'm disabled' Marissa Bode, best known for her role in Wicked, shared on TikTok that she was recently denied boarding a Southern Airways flight because of her wheelchair. She explained that when she asked gate agents for help locating her boarding pass, they questioned whether she could stand. After she said no, they told her she could not board since all of the airline’s planes require passengers to climb stairs. Bode described the experience as “blatant segregation,” criticizing the airline for failing to accommodate disabled travelers. Southern Airways’ contract of carriage states that passengers must be able to ascend and descend steps to board, and because its planes carry fewer than 28 passengers, the airline is exempt from providing lifts under the Air Carrier Access Act. However, Bode said her manager had confirmed with the airline beforehand that she would be accommodated, making the denial even mo...
According to sources,several people were killed in a attack on a church in capital of Central African Republic today Wednesday,after attackers hurled grenade into a courtyard where displaced people were sheltering.Around 10 bodies and several wounded after the attack on the Our Lady of Fatima church on the outskirts of the mostly Muslims neighborhood of Bangui.Most of the displaced people had been able to flee the church,part of which caught fire during the clash between local Muslims and anti-Balaka Christian militia. 
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