Two women suffered separate, but similar, on-the-job injuries at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that changed both their lives forever. “It's okay to be emotional. I'm still emotional. And it's been four years for me. It's just hard. It's hard to talk about,” said Alyah Payne. Four years ago, Payne was driving a baggage tug for Alaska Airlines. On a blind corner, her tug collided with another. Her leg was crushed and had to be amputated. “My whole life changed within a couple of minutes,” Payne said. A year and a half later, Tia Valentine was riding on a tug at the same airport. Security footage shows it navigating through orange cones before making a sharp turn to avoid a van. That’s when she was thrown from the tug. “While making that turn, I had fell out. I hit my head and then my leg followed and then got wrapped up in the tire,” Valentine said. Valentine's right leg was mangled, leaving her permanently disabled. READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/investigations/investigators/port-of-seattle-seattle-tacoma-airport-sued-employee-suffers-mangled-leg-workplace-accident/281-36516cde-6ba5-4207-b4ba-0f8e14ffae6b