Woman Says She Sat In Urine-Soaked Airplane Seat

A Winchendon woman said an airline did not help her after she sat in a urine-soaked seat on a West Palm Beach, Fla., to Boston flight on Sunday night."I was sitting maybe 30 seconds to minute and realized that my pants were soaked," Jennifer Castellano said.

Castellano said she went to the lavatory to check her jeans and long sweater.

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