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>> SOME BIZARRE BEHAVIOR.
WE'RE JOINED BY A PASSENGER ON
THAT UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
WHEN DID YOU FIRST REALIZE
SOMETHING HAD GONE HORRIBLY
WRONG?
>> WELL, WE WERE ON THE FLIGHT
AND IT PROBABLY HAD BEEN FOR TEN
HOURS ALREADY WHEN I HEARD
SCREAMS.
I GOT UP FROM MY SEAT TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND VERY QUICKLY REALIZED THAT
THERE WAS THIS GENTLEMAN
SCREAMING THAT HE WAS -- THAT HE
HAD NAMES OF PEOPLE THAT WORK
FOR THE CIA, AND HE WAS
SCREAMING THOSE NAMES, NOT
MAKING TOO MUCH SENSE, AND SO,
YOU KNOW, ALMOST IN THE FORM OF
A REFLEX, I GOT UP ALONG WITH A
FEW OTHER PASSENGERS AND AT ONE
POINT, HE REACHED OUT FOR
SOMETHING IN HIS POCKET, IN HIS
JACKET AND THAT'S WHEN ABOUT
THREE OR FOUR OF US BASICALLY
TACKLED HIM TO THE GROUND.
HE RESISTED AND STARTED SAYING
THINGS LIKE "THEY'RE TRYING TO
KILL ME, THEY'RE TRYING TO
POISON ME," AND SO THE UNITED
CREW HELPED US AND PROVIDED US
WITH PLASTIC HANDCUFFS AND
THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO CALM
HIM DOWN, AND FROM THAT, WE WERE
ABLE TO PUT HIM ON A SEAT AND
SAT HIM DOWN FOR THE REMAINING
SIX HOURS OF THE FLIGHT.
>> WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW AT
PHOTOGRAPHS OF HIM FROM WABC
BEING ESCORTED OUT OF THE PLANE.
LET'S LOOK AT PICTURES NOW THAT
YOU TOOK FROM INSIDE THE PLANE
AFTER HE HAD BEEN HANDCUFFED
THERE.
STILL SEVERAL HOURS LEFT IN THE
FLIGHT AS HE SAT THERE.
WHAT DID HE SAY, HOW DID HE ACT?
>> WELL, AT FIRST, HE WAS BEING
VERY PARANOID, TALKING ABOUT THE
FACT THAT HE WAS BEING POISONED.
HE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, THROWING
DARTS AT HIM IN THE BACK, AND HE
E
EVEN MADE CLAIMS ABOUT THE
PLASTIC HANDCUFFS BEING
POISONED.
NOT MAKING A LOT OF SENSE.
HE WAS SCREAMING A LOT.
BUT WITHIN 30 MINUTES OR SO, HE
CALMED DOWN.
WHEN HE REALIZED THAT ONE OF HIS
CONCERNS WAS THAT HE MAY HAVE
SCARED SOME OF THE CHILDREN ON
THE PLANE, BOTH THE PASSENGER
WHO WAS TO HIS RIGHT AND MYSELF
TO HIS LEFT STARTED TALKING TO
HIM ABOUT OUR CHILDREN AND ABOUT
FATHER'S DAY AND THINGS LIKE
THAT TO CALM HIM DOWN.
AND THEN HE WENT INTO MORE OF A
SUBDUED STATE, AND IT ENDED WITH
HIM CRYING AND BEING SCARED OF
LANDING, AND WE KEPT TELLING HIM
YOU JUST NEED TO KEEP CALM AND
BE QUIET AND EVERYTHING IS GOING
TO BE OKAY.
HE WAS REFUSING TO TAKE
MEDICINES THAT WERE IN HIS BAG
AND THAT A DOCTOR ONBOARD HAD
IDENTIFIED AS STUFF THAT HE