Being able to save passengers on a plane: another reason to play soccer.
Members of the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer were among those who grabbed the passenger near an exit door..., apparently, keeping the idiot from opening the door in mid-flight. Although, I do wonder if you could even open it at altitude ... it would seem like a truly stupid design if you could. After all, there would be no reason to do so without normal air pressure outside the door. But this sounds more heroic.
Gillian Callaghan, who was traveling with her 12-year-old son, said she never panicked because the flight crew seemed to keep things well under control. She said she felt sorry for the man.
“He was just having some troubles, confused, not a scary guy,” she said.
Now, you know if the man had even just looked like an Arab, the entire airport system would have gone on Red Alert, the government would have gone berzerk, and the passengers would have been an emotional disaster, and the soccer team would currently be being hailed as heroes in a much bigger fashion. And this mother would definitely not have said he was 'not a scary guy'.
How sad. I think this just demonstrates the reality of the world. Shit happens, white people do insane things on airplanes, and no one panics.
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Yes, you can arm and open the door at altitude.
boy, now that's stupid. Why in the world would one *want* to do that?
Was this the same guy who stripped in the plane? If not, there was a guy who took off all his clothes and was acting crazy -- passengers helped to subdue him. Hadn't heard what prompted him to strip -- maybe he was hot.... Or maybe he was protesting the food?
Yup, same guy. One of the soccer fellows said that he just walked out of the toilet with no clothes on and started acting even stranger.
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