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Grandpas Take Down Unruly Passenger

Retired cop and marine team up to help flight crew subdue suspicious man

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 5, 2007 8:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – A 65-year-old former police commander and a gray-haired former marine helped flight attendants subdue an unruly passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight Saturday night. The suspicious man threatened other passengers and refused to take his seat during the three hour Minneapolis-to-Boston flight, but the two...   Read full story »

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