Portland rugby wheelchair team recalls ‘worst air travel experience’ on United Airlines

The Portland Pounders wheelchair rugby team said United Airlines was not appropriately equipped for a flight with 20 of their passengers in wheelchairs.

PORTLAND, Oregon — A Portland wheelchair rugby team’s fun weekend in Louisville, Kentucky, was dampened last weekend after what some players have described as a “fiasco” and a “nightmare” experience. 

The team was in Louisville for a Paralyzed Veterans of America event, where they had the opportunity to compete in a large wheelchair rugby competition. There, some like Max Woodbury got to compete, and even brought home an award for being the best low pointer in his division.  

But

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