‘Traumatizing’: Mom of six kicked off Florida flight because toddler wouldn’t wear mask
A mother traveling with her six kids had quite the ordeal this week.
Chaya Bruck and her brood were on a JetBlue flight from Orlando to Newark, N.J., on Wednesday when a flight attendant ordered her to put a face mask on her 2-year-old daughter, NBC New York reported.
The Brooklyn mom told the station that she had a mask for her toddler, but the child kept pulling it off.
“He said, ‘No, she has to cover her nose and her mouth,’” Bruck told the TV station.
Cellphone video widely distributed on social media shows the on-board commotion.
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After arguing with the attendant, Bruck was told she would have to get her stuff and go.
“Let her stay!” screams a passenger in the video. ”The kid is 2!”
Moments later in the video provided to NBC, the pilot comes over the speaker, telling all the passengers they need to disembark.
“My kids were crying,” Bruck told the TV station. “It was really traumatizing.”
In the flight rules section of its website, JetBlue says that children 2 and over must wear a face covering, consistent with CDC guidelines to stop the spread of COVID-19.
“All travelers 2 years and older must wear a face covering over their nose and mouth throughout their journey, including during check-in, boarding, while in flight and deplaning,” the Long Island, New York, based airline says.
Earlier this month, another family was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight after the crew wanted a 3-year-old autistic boy to wear a face mask.
