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>>Virginia Traveler Mistakenly Profiled as Human Trafficker
(Virginia Beach, VA) -- A Virginia Beach man is upset with an airline after getting mistakenly profiled as a human trafficker. Rocio Rivera has details.Preview: John Kerrigan says he was on a Southwest flight with his daughter and her friend last month when he was escorted off the plane and questioned. Kerrigan says the flight crew thought he was trafficking the girls and notified Norfolk airport security. He said the airline appologized and gave him a $15-hundred dollar flight credit for the incident. Kerrigan has contacted an attorney but has been advised to just accept the credit. Human trafficking is top of mind for many flight attendants due to the Department of Homeland Security's Blue Lightning Initiative aimed at spotting and stopping cases of human trafficking. I'm RR.