A South Florida lady who became paralyzed after falling from her wheelchair while boarding a flight at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Worldwide Airport final 12 months has died.
In February 2021, 25-year-old Gaby Assouline was boarding a Southwest flight to Denver when she fell and broke her neck.
The autumn led to her hospitalization. For the previous 11 months, Assouline was combating for her life within the hospital, bedridden, and unable to talk or stroll.
“She would communicate together with her eyes, it was horrible. My spouse by no means left our daughter,” mentioned her father, Felix Assouline.
Gaby Assouline died on Jan. 22. She was remembered as lovely, sensible and an evening owl.
“We misplaced our angel, we misplaced our child,” mentioned her mom, Sandra Assouline. “There was loads of hope. In case you have hope, you have got all the pieces. She had hope.”
A household is suing after a younger lady in a wheelchair fell and have become paralyzed, as NBC 6’s Cristian Benavides stories.
Based on a lawsuit filed final 12 months towards Southwest Airways, the Assouline household claimed Gaby was utilizing her electrical wheelchair on a jet bridge to board the aircraft when the chair hit a junction and flipped over.
The household’s lawyer mentioned she had a ticket that acknowledged she wanted help.
“And now they wanna say that she refused assist,” Robert C. Solomon mentioned.
Earlier than the autumn, the household mentioned Gaby Assouline had mobility on her personal however used a wheelchair and walker for lengthy distances as a result of a genetic dysfunction that affected her muscle tissue.
“Their brokers owed her the best responsibility of care, they usually fully failed her. And it is upsetting to listen to, ‘properly, we’re gonna blame her,'” Solomon mentioned.
The household alleged each Southwest Airways and its contractor, G2 Secured Employees, have been careless and that somebody ought to have assisted her as she crossed the jetbridge.
“Southwest affords its honest condolences to Ms. Assouline’s household, mates and all whose lives she touched,” Southwest Airways mentioned in an announcement. “We now have a greater than 51-year dedication to caring for our Folks and Prospects and stay engaged with the events concerned.”
The airline beforehand denied the allegations within the lawsuit.
The household sued for damages of over $30,000, however the household’s lawyer claimed damages may attain as much as thousands and thousands.
