Marcos Humberto Vindel Osorio, 75, flew into Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport on June 8, 2024. His family had told Spirit Airlines he had dementia. Spirit confirmed assistance would be provided. By 7:43 p.m., Customs records show he had cleared the terminal alone. His family waited at the checkpoint. He never came. He was found dead on the side of a Texas freeway, struck by multiple vehicles.
Said attorney Russ Brudner: "They trusted an airline to keep their father safe for the last few miles of his journey home. That trust was broken in the most devastating way possible."
The family filed suit April 22 — less than two weeks before Spirit declared bankruptcy. They're now a creditor in liquidation proceedings. The boardroom cut costs until there was no one left to walk an old man to his daughter. That's not an accident. That's what race-to-the-bottom looks like when a working family pays the price.