Paul Claydon described angry scenes at Gatwick Airport as Islanders, including 20 disabled people, realised that they were stranded and had no way of getting back to the Island after bad weather led to their flight being cancelled.
Mr Claydon (42) said that the experience – just seven days after his operation for an abdominal hernia which involved reopening an old wound from his ribcage to his groin – left him ‘a physical wreck’, with his two children in Jersey constantly asking him when he was coming home.
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