She calls her African Grey Parrot her savior and says he got her through some really tough times. Maria and Richard loved traveling to Puerto Rico, but this was her first solo trip back to the island.

But now, the 81-year-old grandmother from the Bronx and the parrot are stranded in Puerto Rico because of what an airline did, but they refuse to fix it. "I got no more tears my mind is blank ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two endangered Puerto Rican parrots were born in the wild in a natural nest found outside a national forest in the U.S. territory for the first time in 144 years ...

PUERTO RICO -- An 81-year-old woman went through a travel nightmare after she went to visit her family in Puerto Rico. Maria Fraterrigo took her pet parrot in a cage to Puerto Rico with her.