Wheelchair user with panic disorder says Southwest ‘abandoned’ her in airport toilet
- Posted on February 15, 2026
- By The Independent
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Wheelchair user with panic disorder says Southwest ‘abandoned’ her in airport toilet

Exclusive: Mary Lynn Ellison, 64, says the incident touched off an ‘immediate and severe’ mental health crisis that continues to persist some two years later, according to a federal lawsuit reviewed by The Independent