Flight attendant attack on Boston-bound flight leads to questions about airport security
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A Massachusetts man attacked a flight attendant on a flight from Los Angeles to Boston. The man had previously suffered from mental health problems.
"I didn’t get what he was saying but then I realized he was talking about a gun. I told him there are kids in here, why are you saying this," said Saul Perez, who was visiting friends at the shop and noted that an employee called 911, ushered children into the back and shut down the shop. "I was spooked."
The incident took place about a week before Torres would be arrested for attacking a flight attendant and attempting to open the plane’s emergency door on a cross-country United flight from Los Angeles to Boston earlier this month.
Confrontations on flights have skyrocketed since the pandemic started, with some altercations captured and replayed endlessly on social media.
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