Barred from boarding a British Airways (BA) flight and denied a place on the Queen Mary 2, Kevin Chenais’s struggle to return to France finally came to an end on Monday when he boarded a Virgin Atlantic Airways flight to London.
Chenais, who is 22-years-old and weighs 230 kilograms (35+ stones -500lbs), has spent the past year and a half at the not-for-profit Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, receiving treatment for a severe hormone imbalance disorder. Incapacitated, Kevin uses a mobility scooter and requires 24-hour oxygen therapy.
After travelling from Chicago to New York with plans of boarding the Southampton-bound Queen Mary 2, the Chenais family were left devastated when they were told by the cruise liner that due to “security reasons,” Kevin would not be admitted.
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