softheart
01-22-2006, 12:39 PM
Sunday, January 22, 2006
BY JUDY PEET
Star-Ledger Staff
COUSHATTA, La. -- His head skewed a little to the right to compensate for his blind eye, Robert Cumber scurried off the plane, only to stop dead in the passenger lounge.
"They're not here. I knew they would be here. They have to be here," he said, sounding confused and just a bit afraid.
Gently, he was told his family hadn't met him at the gate because airports don't allow that anymore. It is one of a multitude of things that have changed since he last walked unescorted in public.
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BY JUDY PEET
Star-Ledger Staff
COUSHATTA, La. -- His head skewed a little to the right to compensate for his blind eye, Robert Cumber scurried off the plane, only to stop dead in the passenger lounge.
"They're not here. I knew they would be here. They have to be here," he said, sounding confused and just a bit afraid.
Gently, he was told his family hadn't met him at the gate because airports don't allow that anymore. It is one of a multitude of things that have changed since he last walked unescorted in public.
Full Story
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1137908868152510.xml&coll=1