Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Note to self: Don't forget kid at the airport


While scanning CNN.com this morning, I came across this great headline - "Busy travelers foget toddler at airport, fly on"

It wasn't until they were making a connecting flight that they realized their kid wasn't with them.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- An immigrant family left a 23-month-old boy in the Vancouver airport and learned he was missing only when contacted during the next leg of the trip.

Running late after having to unpack and repack all their luggage, "we had 10 minutes before boarding," said Parreno, who was emigrating with his family from the Philippines. "We were running for the gate."

He said he thought his son was with the three other adults, who were running to the gate ahead of him, and they thought the little boy was with him.

Instead, in a scenario similar to the movie "Home Alone," the toddler was wandering alone between a security checkpoint and the flight gates, said Angela Mah, an Air Canada representative.

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