From the article, it sounds like this poor confused woman put herself on the escalator.
Bless old retarded and legless granny.
It's the American dream!!!
“put herself on the escalator.”
I watched the video a number of times and I didn’t see anyone within reach of her. She appears to have just driven the thing on to the down escalator.
But the contractor, apparently hired by Alaska Airlines, was hired to see that an old woman was moved safely to her next flight. If he wasn’t watching her at that particular moment, and at her age, she may not even have known what she was about to do.
The elevators are normally a good distance from the escalators so she never should have been there at all. And if she was a safety risk, and the contractor was in charge, why was she even in a motorized chair? He should have stowed the chair, if hers, and moved her with a manual chair. They will get a lot in the suit.
rwood