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A US Airways flight from Philadelphia to MacArthur Airport was canceled after a commotion involving a guide dog.

Albert Rizzi, of Bellport, who has been blind for eight years, says a flight attendant ordered him to "stow" his guide dog Doxie under his seat last night. He insists that Doxie is not baggage, so he placed the dog by his feet.

As the airplane was taxiing to the runway, Rizzi says the flight attendant became enraged because Doxie's paws were partially in the aisle.

The plane returned to the gate, and Rizzi was removed by security.

Passengers then began protesting how Rizzi and Doxie were being treated, and the pilot announced that the flight was canceled.

US Airways says it will conduct a full investigation, but says that Doxie was not controlled, Rizzi was verbally abusive and he refused to comply with flight crew orders.

Rizzi and his fellow passengers were eventually brought to Long Island by bus. Now, Rizzi says he's exploring legal action against the airline.

For more on the guide dog kicked off plane, watch the clip to the left or click News 12 Extra on Optimum TV channel 612.

A US Airways flight from Philadelphia to MacArthur Airport was canceled after a commotion involving a guide dog.    Albert Rizzi, of Bellport, who has been blind for eight years, says a flight attendant

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And things are a little bit improved out there. We do have, uh, that steady rain finally becoming a little bit more scattered, a little bit lighter shower activity as we close off the day and move into the darker parts of the evening. So four or five o'clock, not as much activity out there, but there is still some mist. There's definitely a pretty steady east breeze all the way through midnight. So don't be surprised if there's like spritzes and drizzle until about midnight or so. Then the wind shifts west. It pushes all of that gross weather out for the Monday morning commute. You are dry, you're sunny and temperatures are in the forties. It's sunny until lunch on Monday and then we get into clouds again, but no rain this time, we still have that west wind. So it's a little too dry for rain. Temperatures are around the low fifties, which is pretty good. But then we start to get a north wind and by Tuesday we are in the thirties in the morning. That's about right for this time of the year, we're gonna continue to drop. Those temperatures are going to be a lot cooler by Wednesday and Thursday, Tuesday afternoon. We're only in the low to mid forties and we have some clouds. I think that's gonna be kind of the pattern for the whole work week. It looks like that. We have sunshine in the morning clouds in the afternoon, but there is no rain in the forecast after today. So we have still a pretty decent chance of passing a shower or two in the evening because a much lighter shower at this point, there's no heavy rain in the forecast for the rest of today and we're done with the rain for the whole entire work week. Let's talk about the work week. We're expecting 45 for a high on Tuesday, 42 Wednesday and even colder Thursday, 41. Now, if you remember last week, we were in the thirties for highs some days. So this is an improvement for sure, but it is still gonna be chilly. You'll still need the heavy winter jacket, especially in the morning. We move into the next weekend and then comes the fifties. We are not done yet with some of that milder weather.

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US Airways flight from Philadelphia to MacArthur Airport canceled over guide dog commotion