Too fat to fly? Stranded Frenchman’s long ordeal......Chenais, who weighs 500 pounds (230 kilograms), says he has been repeatedly refused transport over the past two weeks

LONDON, England (AP) — He's been turned down by planes, trains and even a cruise ship in his quest to return home -- and his family says it's because he has been deemed too fat to travel.

LONDON, England — Kevin Chenais sits
 in his mobility scooter in front of
 an ambulance at St Pancras in
London on Wednesday, November 20, 2013.
 Chenais, who suffers from a medical
 condition, travelled by ambulance
 and ferry back to France

 

Now Frenchman Kevin Chenais' long and fitful journey has come to an end.  Chenais, who weighs 500 pounds (230 kilograms), says he has been repeatedly refused transport over the past two weeks as he sought to get home to France from the United States. P&O Ferries finally offered to take him in an ambulance across the English Channel on Wednesday, the final hurdle keeping him from his home near the Swiss border.

"It's terrible. It's discrimination. It was very hard, tiring and a big waste of money for my parents," the 22-year-old told RTL Radio on Wednesday. Slumped over in his mobility scooter, he said he was exhausted just before being loaded into the ambulance. Read more: