«Breaking News» Woman was not left stranded at Chicago's O'Hare airport overnight

American Airlines says a 67-year-old woman was not left stranded in a wheelchair for hours at a Chicago airport when her flight was canceled as her family had previously claimed. 

Olimpia Warsaw, who has Parkinson's disease and diabetes, was due to fly out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Friday night after attending her ex-husband's funeral. 

Her flight to Detroit, Michigan was later canceled due to blizzard warnings in the Midwest. 

Warsaw's son, Claude Coltea, told media outlets that the airport porter assigned to take care of his wheelchair-bound mother left her stranded in the airport for five hours because his shift had ended and he wanted to go home. 

The family of Olimpia Warsaw, 67, had claimed she was left stranded at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Friday night after her flight was canceled. American Airlines has since released a detailed timeline of events that contradict the family's claims 

American Airlines initially apologized to the family, refunded Warsaw's ticket and vowed to investigate the claims that she was abandoned in the terminal. 

But after reviewing surveillance footage and multiple call records, the airline has since released a detailed timeline of events that contradict the family's initial story. 

The footage, which the airline has not released publicly, apparently shows Warsaw using a walker to go outside the terminal twice to smoke while she waited for 45 minutes to be picked up by relatives. 

Her son had earlier claimed that the family didn't know Warsaw was stranded until she failed to arrive in Detroit as scheduled. 

Coltea said he had taken his mother to her airline gate on Friday night and her flight was still on time at that point. He left her at the gate and went to board his own flight home to Connecticut. 

When her flight was canceled soon after, the airline printed Warsaw a hotel voucher and re-booked her on a flight scheduled for the following morning. 

Her family claim that's when the porter left her stranded in the airport after refusing to take her to the hotel. 

Warsaw's son had initially told media outlets that the airport porter assigned to take care of his wheelchair-bound mother left her stranded in the airport for five hours because his shift had ended and he wanted to go home

They claim they contacted American Airlines who supposedly couldn't locate Warsaw. The family said she was found by security officers several hours later.

However, the airline said phone records indicate that the wheelchair attendant spoke to Coltea at least twice as soon as his flight landed in Connecticut at 12.10am.    

Records also show that Coltea then re-booked his mother on a flight leaving later on Saturday afternoon and said relatives would come to pick Warsaw up from the airport, according to the airline.

Surveillance video showed the wheelchair attendant dropping Warsaw off in a waiting area at 12.30am and a relative arriving at 1.13am to pick her up. 

In that 45-minute time frame, the airline said surveillance showed Warsaw going outside with a walker twice to smoke a cigarette.  

The airline said Warsaw was met outside by a female and male relative in a black SUV. The female entered the terminal while the male remained outside with the vehicle. 

Minutes later, Warsaw also came back inside the terminal.  

After reviewing surveillance footage and multiple call records from O'Hare airport (above), the airline has since released a detailed timeline of events that contradict the family's initial story

The female relative met Warsaw at the wheelchair waiting area about 30 minutes later and started pushing her towards the exit. 

The woman then took a photo of Warsaw sitting in the wheelchair before leaving her alone again for several minutes as she flagged down a police officer. 

After briefly speaking with the officer, the relative then pushed Warsaw to the waiting car and they left the airport at 1.53am.  

In an interview with the Chicago Sun Times on Monday, Warsaw said: 'I was scared to death… there was nobody.' 

Her son told the outlet that Warsaw was found in a hallway near a restroom. 

'She figured if she stays in one place there's more likelihood that someone would help her,' Colteau said. 

'All I want is… American to immediately reassess its processes for working with disabled people that have special needs. I doubt that someone would leave a 12-year-old child like that, but the truth is, an elderly person that has a disability has the same kind of needs.' 

American Airlines' timeline of events:

Friday, November 30

8.30pm: Mr. Coltea checks-in for his flight to BDL, Flight 2472 from ORD to BDL

8.31pm: Ms. Warsaw checks-in and checks two bags for Flight 3155

9.42pm: Ms. Warsaw boards Flight 3155 from ORD to DTW in seat 2C

9.55pm: Mr. Coltea boards his flight – Flight 2472 from ORD to BDL – in seat 4E

10.15pm: Scheduled departure time of Flight 3155 from ORD to DTW

10.31pm: Mr. Coltea's flight for BDL takes off

10.32pm: Flight 3155 departs the gate

11.14pm: Flight 3155 ground interrupts and returns to the gate due to a maintenance issue

11.20pm: Flight canceled

11.21pm: Rebooked for the 8:55 a.m. CT flight on Dec. 1 from ORD to DTW

11.32pm: Wheelchair attendant picks up Ms. Warsaw at the gate

11.36pm: Hotel voucher printed for the Chicago O'Hare Hyatt Place + meal voucher

11.58pm: Mr. Coltea's flight lands at BDL

Saturday, December 1

12.02am: Mr. Coltea’s flight arrives at the gate at BDL

12.06am: Wheelchair attendant is seen on CCTV assisting Ms. Warsaw in the public area of the terminal near the wheelchair waiting area

12.10am: Wheelchair attendant calls relative – Claudiu Coltea’s cell phone – and is on the phone for six minutes via the call log

12.21am: Wheelchair attendant calls relative – Claudiu Coltea’s cell phone – and is on the phone for two minutes via the call log

12.30am: Wheelchair attendant drops Ms. Warsaw off at the Upper Level (UL) wheelchair waiting area

12.32am: Ms. Warsaw uses her walker to go outside via UL Door 3D to smoke a cigarette for seven minutes

12.39am: Ms. Warsaw returns inside after smoking

1.00am: Claudiu Coltea contacts American reservations via telephone and rebooks her for the 1:40 p.m. CT flight on Dec. 1 for ORD-DTW. He then said someone was en route to the airport to pick her up

1.12am: Ms. Warsaw uses her walker to go outside via UL Door 3D a second time to smoke a cigarette for six minutes

1.13am: A male and female relative arrive in an SUV and park between UL Door 3A and 3B. The female relative exits the vehicle and enters the terminal thru UL Door 3A, and the male remains with the vehicle

1.18am: Ms. Warsaw returns inside after smoking

1.46am: The female relative meets with Ms. Warsaw at the wheelchair waiting area and begins pushing her towards UL Door 3B

1.48am: The female relative stops and takes a picture of Ms. Warsaw sitting in the wheelchair, then leaves Ms. Warsaw sitting there and walks towards TSA Checkpoint 6

1.49am: The female relative comes back to Ms. Warsaw and is met by a CPD officer at UL Door 3B, has a very short conversation with the CPD officer. She then pushes Ms. Warsaw outside to the waiting vehicle and they both get inside. The male relative exits the vehicle when they arrive and puts the walker in the rear of the SUV

1.53am: All parties involved leave the area in the SUV 

Link hienalouca.com

https://hienalouca.com/2018/12/04/woman-was-not-left-stranded-at-chicagos-ohare-airport-overnight/
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