Christchurch tetraplegic iri kumanikidzwa kubhadhara zviuru zvemadhora kune anofamba nendege nekuti vashandi veAir New Zealand havagone kumubatsira kuti agare pachigaro chake.
Alan Pullar akati aifanira kubhadhara muchengeti kuti abhururuke kuenda kuUnited States naye nemukadzi wake mwedzi unouya nekuti Air New Zealand yaisazopa vashandi kuti vamusimudze vabude pachigaro chake.
Pullar, makore makumi matanhatu nematanhatu, anga ari muwiricheya kubva paakatyoka mutsipa mu rugby scrum aine makore makumi maviri.
Mwanasikana wake, Jess, achapedza kudzidza kubva kuBoston College mwedzi unouya. Iye nemukadzi Barbara vakaronga rwendo kuenda kuUS kunomuona, asi zvaifanira kudzikiswa nekuda kwemubhadharo wekuwedzera wekutora muchengeti.
Pullar yakanga yandege neSingapore Airlines nedzimwe ndege dzeEuropean dzisina matambudziko. Wiricheya yake yaisakwanisa kukwana pasi penzira dzendege, asi vashandi vendege kana vanodzima moto panhandare vakanga varongwa kuti vamusimudze vagare pachigaro chake, akadaro.
Air New Zealand neQantas, ese ari maviri nendege akananga kuUS, anga aramba kupa sevhisi kune vakaremara vatengi.
"Chinhu chiri nyore, asi inyaya uye inyaya inodhura," akadaro Pullar. “Ndiri kungoda izvi kune vamwe. Ndinokwanisa kutora muchengeti, asi vanhu vazhinji havagone uye kwemavhiki maviri imari yakawanda.
Zvaishatirisa kuti mamirioni emadhora akashandiswa kumabvi akapfugama, nzira dzemawiricheya uye zvimbuzi zvevakaremara, asi chimwe chinhu chiri nyore kwazvo hachigoni kugadziriswa, akadaro.
"Tinofanira kuva nekodzero yekufamba, kunyanya pendege yedu," akadaro Pullar.
Pane imwe nguva mundege aisada zvimbuzi kana rumwe rubatsiro, saka pakanga pasina chikonzero chekuti muchengeti ave naye.
Barbara Pullar akati kubhadhara mumwe munhu kuti aende parwendo zvinoreva kuti vaviri ava vaizotadza kuita zvimwe zvinhu zvavaironga gore rino.
"Ichi chimwewo chinhu chaunofanira kurwisana nacho nekuti wakaremara," akadaro.
Mumwe wavo mwanasikana, Emily, aigara muAuckland asi vakatadza kushanya nekuda kwemitemo yendege, akadaro.
Vanoona nezvekufambiswa kwemashoko kuAir New Zealand, Andrea Dale, ati mutemo wenhandare yendege uyu "wanga uchiitirwa kudzikisa njodzi yekukuvara kwevashandi nevatengi kuburikidza nekusimudza zvinhu nemaoko".
"Kune vatengi vanofamba pasi rese, munhu anotsigira anodiwa kuti aperekedze munhu asingakwanise kuzvitumira kuenda kana kubva kuchigaro chavo uye anoda kusimudzwa," akadaro.
"Munhu wekutsigira uyu anodikanwa mukucherechedza nguva yakareba yekufamba nendege nerutsigiro rwekuwedzera runogona kudiwa panguva yekufamba kwendege kune zvese zvaunoda uye chero nenjodzi ingangoitika yendege ingangoda kubuda."
stuff.co.nz
