James Gota 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2008 Elderly Woman Traveling to Florida Mistakenly Sent to Puerto Rico Wednesday, November 19, 2008 E-Mail Print Share: TAMPA, Fla. — An 83-year-old Florida woman flying back to Tampa after a trip to New York somehow wound up in Puerto Rico instead. Elfriede Kuemmel had gone to Newburgh, N.Y., to interview for a spot in an assisted living home on Monday, MyFOXTampaBay.com reported. Kuemmel's family said that an attendant on a connecting flight in Philadelphia accidentally put Kuemmel on a flight to San Juan. The woman's daughter, Vera Kuemmel, spent Monday night at the baggage claim in Tampa trying to find her mother. Later, a man called her to say her mother was at the baggage claim looking for her. "He was like, 'I'm in a white shirt. Do you see me?' I said no," Vera Kuemmel told MyFOXTampaBay.com. She soon realized that her mother had flown to Puerto Rico instead of Tampa. Elfriede Kuemmel spent the night in Puerto Rico and arrived at the Tampa airport Tuesday. A U.S. Airways representative said the airline paid for her food and hotel and flew her back to Florida first-class. Click here for more on this story from MyFOXTampaBay.com. From http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,454688,00.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wilber Tan 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2008 lol..poor lady..but great return! haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azman MN 1 Report post Posted November 21, 2008 yes, but did she get the additional air miles or not? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites