Posted on 09/08/2005 7:09:47 AM PDT by Cagey
Several passengers, including a Hurricane Katrina evacuee, grabbed a violent man aboard a Frontier Airlines flight Tuesday and subdued him, authorities said.
When the plane landed, police found the plane smeared with blood from front to back and Jason Tervort, 26, duct-taped and lying face down in the center aisle.
"They worked him over pretty good," said Denver Police Detective Virginia Lopez. "The passengers did what they had to do."
Flight 147, which had left Houston Tuesday evening, was carrying a number of Hurricane Katrina evacuees, said Monique Kelso, an FBI spokeswoman.
Matthew Meador, 27, a construction worker from Lakewood who was on the plane, said Tervort was acting strangely from almost the moment the plane took off.
According to an FBI arrest affidavit, Tervort got out of his seat shortly after takeoff and began walking "very aggressively" toward the front of the plane. Tervort is accused of pushing and slapping a flight attendant, who called for help.
Several male passengers, including Meador, subdued Tervort as he yelled profanities, spit at passengers and bit them, according to the arrest affidavit.
"It's something I've thought about since 9/11," Meador said. "What would you do if something like that happened? It was surreal."
Others who helped in subduing Tervort included Brad Lewis, 37, a semi-tractor technician from Littleton, and a man who told Meador he had worked at a hotel in New Orleans until the hurricane forced him out. The man told Meador he was traveling to Denver to meet family. Tervort, who authorities said is from Louisiana and recently discharged from the military, faces a federal charge of interfering with a flight crew, records show. Lopez said police have no plans to charge passengers who subdued Tervort with any crimes.
Lewis said he and others taped Tervort's legs to the rails on the underside of the airline seats.
"We just sat there with him the whole time until we landed in Denver," Lewis said. "He was cursing and spitting."
Tervort faces up to 20 years in federal prison.
scenario: flight, duct tape, Nancy Pelosi, freepers
He took a plane to announce he was a man??!!
He looks like he was "worked over."
Yeah, proving he's a man by slappin' a woman.
Big man.
Tervort, who had recently been discharged from the Army, did not appear to be one of the evacuees.
Thanks.
Thank you, Red Green! lol
Good thinking LQ.
A more effective approach is to take your belt, come up to the perp from behind, quickly put it over his head/around the neck and quickly turn and pull him up on your back. By turning you twist the belt around his neck and cut off the blood flow to the brain. Count to 4 and he will be passed out, count to 5 and he will be dead. I learned this in Marine Corps recruit training 35 years ago and they actually demonstrated this using me as the chokee. It does work.
"They should be given medals."
Indeed they should! Thank God for these men!
Thank God the DI knew how to count accurately and timely.
LOL Red Green. Best duct tape technician anywhere.
As I said...
5
Man that brings back some good times.
Not in the marines though.
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