Friday, July 18, 2008

Revolution players subdue crazy guy on airline

According to the Associated Press, members of the New England Revolution soccer team on their way to Los Angeles to play Chivas USA in Sunday's SUperLiga match subdued a passenger on American Flight 725 who tried to open the emergency door mid-flight.

According the article, the man first stripped naked in the restroom and began walking in the aisle, and Revs GM Craig Tornberg confronted him and told him to go put his clothes on. When the man re-emerged from the restroom, he beelined for the emergency exit. It was then that the players and members of the coaching staff sprang into action.

Members of the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer were among those who grabbed the passenger near an exit door, FBI spokesman Gary Johnson said. Tie wraps were placed on the man, whose name was not immediately released. He was taken into custody in Oklahoma City and placed under psychiatric evaluation, Johnson said.

Shortly before the incident, Tornberg said he saw the man, described as clean-cut and in his early 20s, crying and "talking a lot of gibberish."

Wait, he was crying, talking a lot of gibberish, and was naked ... Are they sure it wasn't this guy?

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