Mom, trapped on conveyor belt with son, sues Trudeau Airport
Valerie Gonthier and Marc Pigeon, QMI Agency
First posted: Friday, January 10, 2014 10:20 AM EST | Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014 10:34 AM EST
MONTREAL — A mother is suing Trudeau Airport for $80,000 after she and her two-year-old son took a hell ride on a luggage conveyor belt.
Fatima Sellaoui says the ordeal on Jan. 11, 2011, ruined her vacation to Algeria and caused permanent back and foot injuries.
"I saved my son, but I lost my health," Sellaoui told QMI Agency this week.
"I am on (painkiller) drugs."
Sellaoui and her husband were checking in their bags when their curious son Amir hopped onto the luggage belt, according to their lawsuit.
She says she took quick action when staff failed to act.
"I threw myself on," she said.
She and Amir ended up in darkness, tossed to and fro amid deafening noise, on a conveyor-belt highway complete with interchanges.
"I shouted 'Help me! Help!' but nobody heard," Sellaoui said. "It was like a movie, what happened to me."
She says she clutched Amir tightly and that the ordeal only ended when an airport staffer climbed a wall and plucked both of them to safety.
Sellaoui said Amir suffered a minor foot injury, but she was unable to get up from her seat on the plane to Algeria and was admitted to hospital as soon as they landed.
She accuses Trudeau Airport of negligence and is seeking physical and moral damages. The allegations haven't been proven in court.
Sellaoui says Amir, now five years old, blames himself for her injuries.
"He sometimes tells me 'Mama, it's my fault you feel bad, eh?'"
Montreal's airport authority declined to comment.
Mom, trapped on conveyor belt with son, sues Trudeau Airport | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
Valerie Gonthier and Marc Pigeon, QMI Agency
First posted: Friday, January 10, 2014 10:20 AM EST | Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014 10:34 AM EST
MONTREAL — A mother is suing Trudeau Airport for $80,000 after she and her two-year-old son took a hell ride on a luggage conveyor belt.
Fatima Sellaoui says the ordeal on Jan. 11, 2011, ruined her vacation to Algeria and caused permanent back and foot injuries.
"I saved my son, but I lost my health," Sellaoui told QMI Agency this week.
"I am on (painkiller) drugs."
Sellaoui and her husband were checking in their bags when their curious son Amir hopped onto the luggage belt, according to their lawsuit.
She says she took quick action when staff failed to act.
"I threw myself on," she said.
She and Amir ended up in darkness, tossed to and fro amid deafening noise, on a conveyor-belt highway complete with interchanges.
"I shouted 'Help me! Help!' but nobody heard," Sellaoui said. "It was like a movie, what happened to me."
She says she clutched Amir tightly and that the ordeal only ended when an airport staffer climbed a wall and plucked both of them to safety.
Sellaoui said Amir suffered a minor foot injury, but she was unable to get up from her seat on the plane to Algeria and was admitted to hospital as soon as they landed.
She accuses Trudeau Airport of negligence and is seeking physical and moral damages. The allegations haven't been proven in court.
Sellaoui says Amir, now five years old, blames himself for her injuries.
"He sometimes tells me 'Mama, it's my fault you feel bad, eh?'"
Montreal's airport authority declined to comment.
Mom, trapped on conveyor belt with son, sues Trudeau Airport | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
