Not sure if I truly buy this story either. I have not come across anything on it in the course of the past few days. Besides, Southwest does not "assign" seats so they would not have "assigned" a seat for the 16 year old next to anyone. The children would have been able to choose their own seats.
And if they arrived at the gate and let an agent know that the three children were traveling without an adult (even if they were not under the carrier's unaccompanied minor program), Southwest would have allowed them to board the aircraft between the "A" and "B" groups and then they would have been able to find a row together.
Regardless of my believe in the validity of the story, I am glad that both Southwest and the authorities and looking into the case.
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