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The passenger carrying a cooler may be transporting an organ

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That innocent-looking passenger sprinting onto your flight holding an oversized medical cooler isn't bringing fancy snacks. They are often couriers utilizing standard commercial routes to rapidly move vital transplant organs across the country. Your delayed takeoff could literally be holding up a much-needed kidney currently resting comfortably in overhead bin space.

The passenger carrying a cooler may be transporting an organ
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