Airline refuses to compensate wheelchair-bound woman forced to crawl onto plane From: KHON2 - Honolulu, Hawaii - 06/05/2015 By: Manolo Morales A wheelchair-bound woman who was forced to crawl onto a plane officially filed a lawsuit Friday morning against American Airlines. Theresa Purcell was taking a commuter flight from San Diego when the agent at the gate told her it was too late to set up a ramp so she can board. Instead, Purcell had to get off her wheelchair and crawl all the way to her seat. Read the entire article and view a video (2:37) at: http://khon2.com/2015/06/05/airline-refuses-to-compensate-wheelchair-bound-woman-forced-to-crawl-onto-plane/