Jewish Family Savaged

The Blums were eating a kosher meal they purchased at a restaurant before boarding the United Airlines flight from Denver to Columbus, when a flight attendant asked the family to quit eating.

 

Vicious Stewardess

The stewardess told Blum, 'I don't want you eating that food on the plane,'" She told him passengers were complaining about the smell of the fish.

Blum quotes the stewardess "I don't want the food on the plane. If you don't trash the food, I'll trash you."  You, your wife and your kids, will be off this plane!'"
 

The Pilot Storms Down The Aisle

Blum says the pilot told him, 'Are you going to give us any more trouble because I have to worry about 220 passengers smelling your stinking food?'"

The confrontation created a scene on the plane, forcing Blum to throw the food away when the pilot threatened to throw the family off the plane.

The Frightened Child Cried

Blum humbly put  the food in the trash, and begged to stay on board. Suddenly his frightened teenage son starting crying. The other passengers 'coldly' looked on.
 

Other Passengers Wanted Jewish Blood

They said the Kosher food stunk.

Blum Talks To Reporters

Robert Blum told reporters at WBNS-10, "As you can see, I wear these holy fringes. I wear a kepa. My son wears a kepa. Maybe that's what the steward saw. And I am sure it was. Because why did she single us out?"

 



 

He Might AS Well Wear A Star

"I was about to cry simply because of seeing my kids like that. It was terrible." Blum calls the incident a classic case of discrimination.

UAL Offers Apology

United Airlines offered its apology to a Columbus, OH family who said they were humiliated for eating fish onboard a flight Friday.

"What can they do? They going to give me a free ticket to Hawaii? That won't take away the humiliation and pain of watching my children suffer and the embarrassment we all felt."

United Airlines apologized to the family, admitting flight crew acted inappropriately.