Gothamist: Demand For More Beer Gets Deadly

Nobody

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:31:39 -0500

Can Gothamist please take some responsibility for what it publishes? Did he die on the flight or not? In two short paragraphs it is written both ways: "why a man died on a flight" and "they found he was unconscious and later died in a hospital." This is absurd.

Lisa Jasie

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:50:23 -0500

what if an air marshall wasn't on board this transcontinental flight at all...again, not reassuring... and since i fly nyc-la-nyc quite a bit, i may just reconsider my travel options... anyone driving to los angeles next month?

toyochin

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:24:27 -0500

Seriously, where was the federal air marshall on this? Sure, you don't want the guy blowing his cover without good reason. But you'd think a dude catching a beat down from an angry mob is about as opportune a time as any for the air marshall to step in, right? Or maybe he did step in but couldn't subdue the mob - now, that's reassuring.

mimi

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:20:01 -0500

article says this was a big fella. 2 beers and one airline sized small plastic cup drink doesn't sound like enough to send a guy into a dangerous state, even if he is a lightweight. i think you have to bang someone up pretty hard to knock them out and they die. people seem to get carried away by some self important idea of being a vigilante.

Lisa Jasie

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:59:33 -0500

Scazza: Ohmygosh, I just clicked on your link to the episode and was amazed to see the airdate (12/8/2000). I can't believe it first aired 4 1/2 years ago and I still remember it... and further, that it aired on my birthday (evidently, I was watching TV to celebrate... LOL) Hong: What leads you to believe Mr. Lee is of Asian extraction? Have you seen a photo of him on TV? Lee is a common name for Caucasions, as well.

scazza

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:38:39 -0500

Lisa, that is exactly what I thought. It's this episode, Unfriendly Skies.

Hong

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:17:19 -0500

Orientals don't handle liquor very well, especially when they include the hard stuff. It's in the metabolism.

Lisa Jasie

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:01:52 -0500

Sounds exactly like an episode that appeared a while back on CSI... a disruptive male airline passenger who appears drunk or drugged and out of control is stomped to death by fellow onboard travelers... unfortunately for that guy, it wasn't the boozey behavior that got him killed, it was the brain seizure he was suffering... but more importantly, where was the special FAA agent on this la-nyc flight chock full of fuel?