Army vet grandma hailed as hero after stopping plane passenger from storming cockpit mid-flight

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A Georgia grandmother and US Army veteran is being praised for her quick action after she stopped a passenger from storming the cockpit on a Delta flight from Atlanta to Tucson.


“Nobody else was doing nothing, so I just knew I had to do something,” Nicole Pruitt told WSAZ 3.

The incident occurred on July 16, about 20 minutes into the flight, when a female passenger attempted to force her way into the cockpit. According to Pruitt, the woman claimed she had received a message from God telling her to get off the plane mid-flight.

“She didn’t want to be on the plane anymore. She said God told her to do it. She had a calling,” Pruitt explained. “And I’m like, ‘Wait a minute… Not today.’” more

12 Comments on Army vet grandma hailed as hero after stopping plane passenger from storming cockpit mid-flight

  1. The world is on a Crazy Train.

    Crazy, but that’s how it goes
    Millions of people living as foes
    Maybe it’s not too late
    To learn how to love and forget how to hate
    Ozzy Osbourne

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  2. If not for the folks who would potentially be hurt on the ground, planes should be equipped with discharge chutes so folks like this could get their wish and exit the plane.

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  3. The tubby white woman could pound on that door all day. She’d eventually exhaust herself, and maybe the crew was waiting for that to happen. “Storming” is a gross exaggeration of what happened. Jumping up and subduing a mentally unstable passenger has it’s own risks.

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