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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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PO3 (Join to see) thanks for the situational read/share. What is the world coming too. Serious!!

sporting goods retail chain has apologized after a video of a disabled Iowa man crawling out of a store on his knees because he was denied an electric cart in the parking lot exploded on social media.

Shane Zahn, who is missing his right foot, told local CBS affiliate KIMT that his son dropped him off in front of the Mills Fleet Farm in Mason City on Monday and an employee brought him an electric wheelchair to use while in the store.

Mr. Zahn, a Garner resident, said he normally has a manual wheelchair with him unless he knows he’s going to a store that provides an electric one.


But upon leaving the store, he said an employee demanded he return the wheelchair before proceeding to the parking lot.

“After I got out of the store, right in front of the door I was told I was not allowed to take the wheelchair out to the parking lot, and I said ‘huh?’ ” Mr. Zahn told KIMT. “I said, ‘I’ve done this before.’ She said, ‘the wheel chair is to not be out, it needs to come back in.’ I said, ‘what am I supposed to do, crawl out of the store?’ “

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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Sad deal, maybe the store wouldn't mind if someone started a picket in front of their store to draw attention to the injustice done.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
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That is a heck of a way to treat an handicapped veteran.
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I did not see where it states that he is a veteran.
Though there is another with the same name in TX that went missing for awhile.
http://www.missingveterans.com/2016/shane-zahn/
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MAJ Ken Landgren
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That is true.
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LT Brad McInnis
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PO3 James Deitz - I didn't see anywhere that he was a vet, still a horrible way to treat a person!
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LTC Stephen F.
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That is despicable for anybody to take away an electric wheelchair from any disabled person, let alone a disabled veteran PO3 (Join to see). While it is a good sign that the Mills Fleet Farm in Mason City store has formally apologized for not allowing Shane Zahn to use the store's wheelchair to get back outside to be picked up by his son.
I home the woman employee who refused to allow him to use the wheelchair is severely disciplined for this cruel and needless action.
Thanks for alerting me SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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LTC Stephen F. my goodness, this is so cruel IMHO.
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