CHICAGO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A French family says British Airways, which flew their 500-pound son to the United States for medical treatment a year and a half ago, now won't fly him home.
Kevin Chenais, 22, was treated at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., for a hormone problem that contributes to his weight, WBBM-TV in Chicago reported. His parents say the family is stuck in Chicago because the airline says Kevin cannot be accomodated on their planes.
"We blame British Airways because now they just leave us, and they brought us here," Christina Chenais, the young man's mother, told the TV station.
The airline said it has done its best to find a way to fly Kevin back safely. The family is not convinced.
"If they could bring him here with that problem in economy, there was a way to take him back by economy but just get him back home for his medical treatments to continue," his mother said.
The family now plans to travel to New York by train and cross the Atlantic on the Queen Mary. While Christina Chenais said the long and expensive trip is beyond their means, they have no other choice.
