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A 76-year-old woman says she’s stuck in Puerto Rico after Frontier Airlines wouldn’t let her fly back home to New York with her “emotional support” parrot.
Maria Fraterrigo told CNN affiliate WCBS she was warned “if you want to get on the flight, get rid of the bird,” while trying to leave after a trip to her vacation home in Puerto Rico.
“I feel like I’m abandoned. My medicine is home, my doctor’s appointment, everything. It’s just a nightmare,” she said.
It was the first time she had gone back to the island since her husband died in 2019. The bird, named Plucky, provided her comfort following her grief, her son,…
