JETBLUE MIXES UP KIDS

A 5-year-old boy returning home alone from a family visit in the Dominican Republic was placed on the wrong JetBlue flight, and ended up 214 miles away in Boston while his panic-stricken mother waited at Kennedy Airport. Maribel Martinez said she lost her mind while it took more than three hours to locate her son, Andy. JetBlue staffers had presented a different 5-year-old boy they thought was her son to Martinez. “No, this is not my child,” the shocked mom recalled telling JetBlue employees. It turns out that other little boy – who was carrying Andy’s passport – was supposed to be on the flight to Boston, and he was mistakenly placed on the plane to New York City. Martinez has now retained a lawyer to take legal action against JetBlue for their negligence, which caused her family so much emotional distress earlier this summer.
* Wait – what about the second set of parents who got a wrong kid? Did they freak out, too, or were they like, “Whatever. Mistakes happen.”
* The worst was having to spend even one second more than was necessary aboard a JetBlue flight.
* So the kid was in Boston instead of New York. At least JetBlue got him to New England.
* I’m not a lawyer but I say they have a good case here.
* Usually I think the emotional distress part is hyped up for the lawsuit, but this mother had to be genuinely freaked out.
* Although, what was JetBlue supposed to do after seeing a valid passport? Do a DNA test?
* Just curious – whose luggage did they get?
* So the wrong kid showed up carrying her son’s passport. Hmm, time to question these kids. This could be a prank gone bad.
* Oh great, now Homeland Security has put them both on the No Fly List so it can’t happen again.