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[allthecanadianpolitics]

A recent WestJet passenger is speaking out about a recent experience involving travelling with a wheelchair. Melanie Carlbeck lives with spina bifida but that hasn’t stopped her and her sister from seeing the world together. They’ve been to Rome, London, Egypt, New York, Barcelona and elsewhere. The sisters recently flew on WestJet to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, to visit their brother. However, Melanie’s wheelchair never made it on board. She said the airline offered her another wheelchair but it was completely unsuitable and old. “I couldn’t get in and out of bed,” She said. “My brother had to come in and lift me in and out of bed. Managing in a washroom was really hard. We had to make a number of improvisations. “It was very hard.”

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Carl Becker by Carl Becker, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Photography

The Albert Ten Eyck Gardner Collection, Gift of the Centennial Committee, 1970 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Albumen silver print

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/686195

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Carl Becker by Carl Becker, The Met's Photography Department

Medium: Albumen silver print

The Albert Ten Eyck Gardner Collection, Gift of the Centennial Committee, 1970 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/686195

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Quote of the day for Friday, July 12, 2019

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Carl Becker ad for Powers Reproduction Corp. (and Lenz Bridge Contest) Judge, Dec. 13, 1930 Frank Hanley: The Christmas Spirit bit.ly/2DXt2t9 #Judge #CarlBecker #artdeco

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Carl Becker by Carl Becker, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Photography

The Albert Ten Eyck Gardner Collection, Gift of the Centennial Committee, 1970 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Albumen silver print

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/686195

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Carl Becker by Carl Becker, The Met's Photos

The Albert Ten Eyck Gardner Collection, Gift of the Centennial Committee, 1970 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Albumen silver print

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/686195

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Carl Becker by Carl Becker via The Met's Photography Department

Medium: Albumen silver print

The Albert Ten Eyck Gardner Collection, Gift of the Centennial Committee, 1970 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/686195