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Airline Loses Blind Woman's Luggage, Doesn't Deliver Misplaced Bag

ABC 7 helps Jessica Kyriazis, who was left without a bag of winter clothes for almost two weeks.

A trip home for the holidays trip left one Arlington woman on a what seemed like a helpless search for her lost luggage.

Jessica Kyriazis, who is almost totally blind, was left without her luggage and no way to get it after a flight through American Airlines, according to ABC 7. She traveled to Michigan to visit her family for the holidays and missed her connecting flight from Chicago to Reagan National.

Her bag had $1,600 worth of items, including all of her winter clothes, was sent to North Carolina, ABC 7 reports.

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Kyriazis contacted 7 On Your Side and the news team brought her to the airport where they looked through hundreds of unclaimed bags. The bag was found but it wasn’t in the area designated for luggage to be delivered to owners, ABC 7 reports.

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