Middle Eastern wife of former FBI agent claims she was ‘accused of a terrorist attack’  

A Middle Eastern wife of a former FBI agent claimed she was locked in an American Airlines bathroom with her three-year-old son and charged with terrorism.

Yazz Giraldo, 36; her husband Ali Moghaddam, 44; and their two young children were flying on an American Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale to New York for a wedding in September when the mother claimed she was discriminated against.

She had tried to take her infant daughter to the first-class bathroom, but an unidentified flight attendant told her she was not allowed to, despite “everyone else using it.” New York Postsaid.

She then took her daughter to the back of the plane where her husband sat separately. While changing her daughter’s diaper, a second flight attendant told her that there was no rule forbidding her to use the first-class bathroom closest to her seat. But when she tried later, she claimed she was locked up.

American Airlines has said it is reviewing the lawsuit and will strive to “provide a positive and welcoming experience for everyone.”

Both of their children had to go to the toilet and when she tried to take her baby daughter to the first-class bathroom, a flight attendant told her not to. After changing her daughter in the back of the plane, another crew member told her otherwise and she took her three-year-old son into the bathroom in the front.

After ignoring the flight attendant again, she claimed the flight attendant locked her in the bathroom and left her crying. Once she was released, a supervisor told her that the “pilot decided to put the plane under terrorist attack warning because of you”

After the first incident, when her three-year-old son needed to relieve himself, she had chosen to take him to the first-class bathroom.

But she was again restrained by the flight attendant — although her son “held himself on, he was about to lose him,” she said.

Despite the flight attendant’s attempts to block her, the mother-of-two took her son to the bathroom anyway.

“I closed the door, when I’m in the bathroom, I hear the sound: “Tap, tap, tap,” [of the door locking],’ she said.

‘I freaked out. I was already under so much stress,” she said. “I started to panic, I banged on the door a few times and I said, ‘Let me out of here.’

“She punished me for challenging her.”

The former TV presenter lost track of time in the bathroom as she was overwhelmed, “shaking” and crying until she was released.

American Airlines has said it is reviewing the lawsuit and will strive to “provide a positive and welcoming experience for everyone”

“I was humiliated,” she said.

After she was released, a supervisor approached her and claimed that the “pilot decided to put the plane under terrorist attack warning because of you.” When she tried to explain what had happened, she said the supervisor yelled at her.

I knew right away it was racism. I knew right away that I was being discriminated against,” she said.

While all this was happening, her husband – who served with the FBI for six years – was unaware and did not know that the incident happened until the family was escorted off the plane in New York.

Moghaddam has requested that they be taken to the FBI substation. After authorities learned he had a law enforcement background, the family was released 15 minutes later.

Her husband, who served with the FBI for six years, said he was angry that they would accuse his family of terrorism and that the word “terrorism is unique, especially given all my sacrifices… you don’t throw that around.”

“I’ve devoted about a decade of my life to public service, protecting the community. Joint Terrorism Task Force, undercover, SWAT, all this… so that my family is labeled a terrorist and marched off a plane just because we want to change a diaper?’ he told the New York Post.

“To me, there are certain terms that have a very negative history and connotation,” he continued. “that word terrorism is unique, especially considering all my sacrifices… you don’t throw that around.”

Since the flight, Giraldo has been in therapy, her lawyer Jitesh Dudani told the Post — adding that the family, who were once frequent flyers, are now scared.