SFO Holds Human Trafficking Awareness Training Ahead Of Super Bowl 50

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS13) — The arrival of the Super Bowl to the Bay Area is increasing awareness of human trafficking related to the event.

San Francisco International Airport held training sessions for airline and airport personnel Monday to recognize the signs of human trafficking. The training sessions were the first in a series scheduled for all major Bay Area airports.

At SFO Monday, trafficking survivor and American Airlines flight attendant Donna Lynne Hubbard shared with KPIX 5 her story of being a mother of three by the age of 20 "looking for acceptance in all the wrong places."

"There's nothing glamorous about waking up in the morning and wishing you didn't wake up because you know what the rest of the day holds for you," said Hubbard.

Hubbard said she was trafficked from Atlanta to LA and multiple cities in between. "But when I woke up in a room full of men climbing on top of me one at a time, I realized that nothing is worth selling my soul," said Hubbard. "But by then, the shame and the guilt was overwhelming."