In March I wrote about Marilyn Hartman, the Bay Area lady that was caught repeatedly trying to sneak onto flights to Hawaii. She never quite made it onto a plane at the time, though did make it past security. Over the past several months I've seen a few more reports of her trying to sneak…
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Sorry - was away for a bit. Here's the local TV link:
Ben- I thought in an earlier post you said that you were going to give her a free ticket to Hawaii?
@ John -- And I stand by that, but doesn't seem like she has any way of getting in touch with me, or that I have a way of getting in touch with her.
In the Dutch coverage of her attempts, they said she mingled with a (I guess big) family boarding and she was only found because of a headcount during a intermediate stop.
Ben, I am sure there is a way for you to get in touch with her... plus, if you get her a ticket to Hawaii, it will be all over the media... imagine publicity for your blog... I really think you're missing a huge opportunity here.
BTW, are you looking for a publicist/award booker? I am available...
According to the television reporters in the Bay Area, she did go through a portion of TSA security. While the TSA was checking the boarding pass and ID of someone else (maybe a group of people?), she simply walked by and then went through the screening. Then, as noted above, she mingled with a large family to get on the plane. The report is that she tried a couple of times before successfully getting on board.
Ben are you offering to foot her entire bill for a stay in Hawaii? It's not cheap.
LOL you might be encouraging a bunch of people to try and sneak on now in hopes of a freebie.
Ben- Just contact some news outlet. A tv station in CA. or CNN or MSNBC. Why don't you ask Hyatt or SPG to donate some hotel nts. Further I'm sure some of your readers would donate some hotel pts.
Marilyn Hartman's dilemma is unfortunate but it's not exactly an accident either. Our continuing lack of practical and compassionate solutions is the result of a long series of decisions we've made about who we want to help, how much we want to help them, and how we're willing to provide that help.
If you're curious to learn more you might want to check the link below...
http://www.salon.com/2013/09/29/ronald_reagans_shameful_legacy_violence_the_homeless_mental_illness/
People missing the point. We arent discussing sociopolitical issues.
We are discussing how the hell can someone get on a plane in the US without tickets when all of us has to be submitted to body cavity search at TSA and im paying thousands $ airport taxes to prevent it soneobe to get into airport wiyhout dicuments.