United Passenger Who Performed CPR On Man With COVID Receives $ 200 Thank You

United passengers who risked their own health to provide assistance to a man who had COVID-19 were compensated for the “inconvenience” … with vouchers barely worth a round trip.

Tony Aldapa – one of the passengers who performed CPR on the man infected with COVID for 45 minutes – tells TMZ, he got a call from a United representative on Thursday to thank him for his help during the crisis and let him know a $ 200 electronic travel certificate would be emailed to him.

Tony says the rep didn’t mention anything about the man who died from the coronavirus, and the United email simply says … “We apologize for the inconvenience you suffered on your recent trip.”

Steven chang also helped the sick passenger, and likewise … I got a thank you call and a $ 200 voucher. We are told that Chang’s wife, who was also on the December 14 flight, did not receive a voucher. No more than a few other passengers who were on the flight – Megan hubbard and Cameron roberts. So, it appears United is only distributing travel money to those directly involved in the attempt to save the COVID-positive passenger.

You will recall, United said the man claimed he was not diagnosed with COVID and had no symptoms, but his wife commented during the emergency, he had recently lost his sense of taste and smell and was having trouble breathing.

He died in a hospital shortly after an emergency landing in New Orleans, and that was later confirmed he had COVID.

Despite it all, United told us was not their job to let passengers know that they may have been exposed to the virus, and instead he transferred responsibility to the CDC.

Aldapa told us it took 10 full days before he was contacted by the LA County Public Health Department … telling him what he already knew.