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Live Alligator Left Behind In Michigan Motel Room
Couple ‘Forced' To Sit Next To Dead Body For Hours On Qatar Air Flight
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Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin were travelling from Melbourne to Doha, en route to Italy, when a woman walked out the toilet and collapsed near their row about 10 hours into the journey.
"Unfortunately the lady couldn't be saved, which was pretty heartbreaking to watch," Mr Ring told Australia's A Current Affair program.
He added: "They tried to wheel her up towards busi- ness class, but she was quite a large lady and they couldn't get her through the aisle."
The pair, who were the only ones in a row of four, said flight attendants put the woman in one of the spare seats for the remaining four hours of the flight.
Mr Ring told Australian media: "They said, 'Can you move over please?'and I just said, 'Yes no problem'.
"Then they placed the lady in the chair I was in."
He said there were a few spare seats nearby but claimed crew didn't offer to move them.
Mr Ring also said he was told to stay put while med- ical teams removed blan- kets covering the woman when they landed, and that they were offered no sup- port.
In a statement to Sky's US partner network NBC News, Qatar Airways said: "First and foremost our thoughts are with the family of the passenger who sadly passed away on board our flight.
"We apologize for any inconvenience or distress this incident may have caused, and are in the process of contacting pas- sengers in line with our poli- cies and procedures."
By Ben Hooper
March 17 (UPI) -- Police near the northern tip of Michigan's lower peninsula were called to a motel to help secure an unusual piece of left-behind proper- ty: a live alligator.
The Cheboygan Police Department said officers were called to a Pine Rivers motel room when housekeeping staff found a live alligator in a recently- vacated room.
"We just went in to clean the room and, when my nephew looked under the bed, Wally was there," the motel's manager, Gary, told the Detroit Free Press. "He was a real friendly gator, so I didn't feel real scared. He
let the police officers hold him and all that, I mean, it was a real friendly alliga- tor."
Police determined the 3- foot alligator, named Wally, belonged to a man who owns multiple exotic ani- mals and takes them to ele- mentary schools for demonstrations.
The owner was contacted and told police he knew Wally was missing, but did- n't realize he had been left at the motel.
"He thought it got out. He looked for him, couldn't find it," Gary said.
Wally was reunited with his owner Friday night.
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