Beyoncé flies out devoted disabled fan denied flight over wheelchair size
Richard_Scope
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Jon has cerebral palsy and uses an electric wheelchair. The 34-year-old was known to staff at the airport as he had previously flown out to Seattle to see Janelle Monáe.
But the Boeing plane which the airline was operating could not fit his chair in the hold.
This meant that Jon, who lives in Oregon, would be unable to fly out to see Beyoncé. Not giving up, he put out a video to his 22,000 followers on TikTok, saying he usually gets a couple of hundred views on his videos.
He said: "Well, guess I'm not going to see Seattle, and I'm not seeing Beyoncé. So after 25 years of waiting, I'm not seeing Beyoncé tonight, so ableism strikes again."
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