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Eating a nut for the first time and you know, the dosage is just unclear on what you would do for a pediatric patient. >> okay. i do want to play devils advocate here. because the airlines are trying to balance a million things at once and there are thousands of passengers every day. i want to play devils advocate and say, why couldnt josh just wear a mask and protect himself that day? >> well, he can. but theres the problem of contact. and peanut protein is very robust. it lasts up to 110 days....

And theyve waited until today to try to free the whale. well let you know how the whale makes out. and this is something no parent ever wants to hear. if you think hes going to die, dont get on the plane. those are chilling words aimed at leann and her son, josh, who is allergic to peanuts as they tried to board a flight. there are an estimated 15 million americans with food allergies. 3 million are allergic to peanuts and other tree nuts. so how do you protect them in flight? leann and josh j...

Laugh, and i asked them to make a special announcement identifying the row that we were in and be careful around them and they refused and said it was up to the individual flight crew and they would ask the crew and the crew said they didnt want to do it. there was no remedy offered to me. and then they said to josh, if you think hes going to die, dont get on the plane. and he became terrified, he said, i dont want to die in the air, im only 8 years old, and became hysterical. so the problem wit...

And you know, the thing is, were not asking to reinvent the wheel. airlines already have to have epinephrine onboard. were just trying to bring them into the 21st century. >> and have training as well. >> josh can give himself the auto injector, so why shouldnt a flight attendant be trained in order to help him in case he passes out when hes an adult or help that passenger that doesnt carry the auto injector, because they dont know they have an allergy yet. >> leann, thank you, were running out ...