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Sunday, September 27, 2015

FREEBEACON: Service Dog, Wounded Marine Denied Seat on Flight After Winning Award

Service Dog of the Year and retired Marine stranded in Los Angeles by American Airlines

Jason Haag and Axel / Photo provided by the American Human Association

BY: Stephen Gutowski
September 22, 2015 10:35 am

A retired Marine and his service dog were denied a seat on an American Airlines flight the same day they had been honored with the Service Dog of the Year award.
Jason Haag, his wife, and his dog Axel were returning from the American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards where Axel had been honored as the Service Dog of the Year on Sunday when American Airlines employees at Los Angeles International Airport refused to allow them to board a plane to Reagan National Airport.
The airline employees did not believe that Axel was a service dog though Haag provided an animal identification card. Axel was also wearing a harness identifying him as a service dog.