Mom Abandons Son At Airport

Amy S.F. Lutz — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:04:00 GMT

So, it was kind of funny when the Filipino family immigrating to Canada forgot their toddler in the airport. I mean, funny in a greatest-brain-cramps-in-history kind of a way. Funny in a thank-god-he's-fine-but-we'll-be-telling-this-story-at-his-wedding kind of a way.

But there's nothing funny about Jolanda Newberg, who deliberately abandoned her 12-year-old son, Brandon, during a layover at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Friday.

Imagine how that poor kid felt, walking out of the bathroom and waiting for his mom, who said she would meet him there, but never came back. I wonder how long he waited before he found airport security.

Police found Newberg Saturday morning, 20 hours after she disappeared. They have no idea where she went during that time, but she was picked up at the airport rental car center. She was taken to a hospital for evaluation - which, if you ask me, is a good call. Obviously, any mom who would put her child through that kind of trauma must be mentally ill.

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Strollerderby : Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

Mom Abandons Son At Airport