Doctor dragged off United Airlines flight says he 'cried' watching the video

Dr. David Dao, who was bloodied when forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight, broke his silence following the 2017 incident and said he "just cried" watching a cell phone video of it.

[@imoven1776]

“After refusing to give up his seat.” “He suffered a concussion, a broken nose and two missing teeth.” That’s disgusting, over a seat, too.

[@Pennypop13]

They jumped him and stole his seat. People should be in jail for assault for this! 😡

[@imoven1776]

I wouldn’t be surprised if the airline was sued.

[@Wolkenwandererr]

imoven he took United to court and got $140 million apparently

[@imoven1776]

Pesttanz I’m not surprised.

[@Skynet-lk8fx]

He paid for it

[@shannonblack3513]

On his way to help veteran's with PTSD. Gets given PTSD.

[@TR1IBUNAL]

Shannon Black 😂 😭

[@Ghost-oj2nc]

God damnit I laughed

[@aldali724]

Now he can relate first hand !

[@mrtree1368]

🙄

[@mageguy3]

Shannon Black omg lmao

[@rowdybliss]

He stood up for himself against something entirely unfair… and still remains gracious. That is a truly beautiful person.

[@phillipcarlson7071]

No that’s the reason this keeps happening. How tf can anyone buy a ticket knowing this can happen to them. How tf do you sell more tickets than there are seats. This is why America is the way it is, everyone on that plane should have beat the airline employees as soon as they touched him. Disgusting.

[@Nowthisispodracing4]

@@Chad_Max he was a doctor that needed to see patients at his clinic the next day. Gimme a break

[@rl4923]

The video was so funny LOL

[@junmiyamasu3237]

@@rl4923 seeing a guy getting beat up is funny You must had got a lot of love from your parents.

[@rl4923]

@@junmiyamasu3237 his shrieks were hilarious

[@UncleRuckus-NoRelation-]

I’m also Vietnamese, seeing a elderly doctor that clearly cares a lot about his patients treated this way is just horrifying, I hope United Airlines goes bankrupt over this.

[@giantasiansticker8068]

Same here the security guards need to go to a chua

[@fleurdilian4458]

Trueee

[@earlaweese]

*Me too. I’m done with United.*

[@pumpkin-fu4cm]

He is a convicted felon, he doesn't care about his patients.

[@pumpkin-fu4cm]

He is a felon who abused his title as a doctor to hurt people. He sexually assaulted patients, basically traded sexual favors for prescription drugs. Please look up his rap sheet

[@misssincere5762]

Wow, he was opening a free clinic for veterans you jerks... *well damn I was expecting this post to escalate this quickly*

[@charkee167]

Lol. As a veteran myself i say open it for everyone. Being a veteran doesnt mean your better than wveryone like some veterans think. Just ask what they did in the military and their discharge type and code and theyll say they were like human resource, mechanic, etc. Or they got a bad conduct. Theres a reason why when you leave the military they give you 2 different discharge papers. 1 with the truth and the other litterally hiding everything and they cant ask about your discharge.

[@lilauble7184]

Trisev O-860U it’s not about being better, is about the fact veterans can have many disorders like PTSD, and can struggle to settle into a civilian life

[@TheLatinoRedneckCowboy]

He's Asian with glasses this is so hilarious

[@lilauble7184]

Jack Smith very cool jack, you’re clearly a mature, down to earth guy

[@TheLatinoRedneckCowboy]

@@lilauble7184 😂

[@feverpitchxx]

Jimmy Kimmel should officially apologise him since his audience and he laughed at him being dragged off. DISGUSTING

[@trinitymelloncholy435]

Fiercelessman that is so nasty..

[@trafficconesupmytightass7695]

They were mocking the airline.

[@trinitymelloncholy435]

Oh okay makes sense but still :( that poor Asian guy lmao

[@kimjongun2730]

@KC agreed! It’s a miracle that this guy is still a fucking “doctor”. Wasn’t he on probation?

[@rafaelestorque1685]

100 million subs without any videos what the hell is wrong with you and @KC?

[@TheMediaMachine]

"They were doing their job." No, they were acting some role in their head and using their angry issues, their lack of humanity, empathy and respect to fellow human beings to do a job in a calm polite and respectable manner. This how many cops are also like. It doesn't help that all they get is maybe fired or demoted, or transferred. If it weren't for the video, the corporation and the security would have got away with it scot free. Telling people "he's belligerent, he fell on floor on his own." Disgusting people and company that it needs this to happen to "change."

[@maxwell4431]

exactly, if any job description results in demeaning other humans, that job should not exist

[@carlosdussault6436]

He’s the victim, if he says they’re cool then they’re cool 🤷‍♂️

[@milocarteret8770]

Brings to mind the old "just following orders" defense

[@austinwhite3132]

The guy let it go lead by example instead of trying to be some sort of cancel mob bs

[@td2222]

I'd prefer to lose my job.

[@trifel45]

Listening to him say that he cried when watching the event and later, his daughter speaking just really brought me to tears too. He is such a gracious man. His outlook and forgiveness is inspiring. This should never have happened, but I'm glad that some good has come from it and that he has had greater impact in his life because of his response. God bless him!

[@pumpkin-fu4cm]

You should feel bad for his patients, I bet he wanted the flight so much because he was on his way to sexually assault another one. He is felon doctor, please look up his rap sheet. He abused his title to basically rape some of his patients, trading drugs for sexual favors

[@fernben4174]

I don’t understand why should he give up his seat when he paid for it

[@SoMooLand1nine7]

Coz they are low educated people. Just bcoz the Doc's different race they had a gut to those things. 🙄 And all they can say is sorry?

[@imverycreative5819]

yeah like, he got there first? why take him off? the seat wouldve been filled anyway

[@mtsoccerman]

Because the police/United employees are just power tripping narcs who had no friends in high school and decided to not go to college

[@thebromiester]

Here's your actual, non-mob mentality answer. He had to follow that rule because he agreed to that rule when he bought the tickets. It's in the fine print, and is almost universal in the Airlines industry. It allows for each individual ticket to be a bit cheaper for the consumer in the end.... but you get confrontations like the one in this video which obviously means it's not worth it. Hopefully laws get passed soon to ban overbooking, but if that happens it will directly reflect in ticket prices too.

[@fernben4174]

Fancy oh my goodness,I didn’t even know that.Thank you

[@joshedag9282]

This guy is a doctor, he was going to open a free clinic for vets, he devoted his life to charity, he forgave the people who assaulted him. The worst things happen to the best people.

[@annimarkora1782]

Ok i am going evil thats it 👿

[@tues2455]

@Mati _Mistrz that is just not true.

[@brooklynbarbie6855]

Beautifully said!

[@maitrivlogs3060]

@Mati _Mistrz ik some of them are doctors though...

[@stevenxia2944]

He is really mentally strong.

[@richardsalley9848]

Airlines need to stop "over selling" their seats, and these kind of things wouldn't happen.

[@pflaffik]

They oversell all the time BUT ask for volunteers to give up seats for a compensation and speedy rebooking. I got paid well to give up mine once and was only 3 hours delayed, i was not in a hurry and noone who was in a hurry had to stay behind. There are peaceful solutions, and overbooking gives us cheaper tickets.

[@carpediem5343]

@@pflaffik seems like a stupid policy to me on UA’s end.. greed is what it comes down to and they got caught up

[@goodnight360]

​@@pflaffik It should be purely voluntary. you didn't need to give someone a scheduled surgery at 8am the next day so it's no big deal for someone in your circumstances. he absolutely had every right to not give up his seat. rescheduling a surgery could take months on a waiting list. It's not like he was going to disney land.

[@yuhanxuetrainguy6593]

"If they don't do it they must lose their job. I'm not angry with them or anything like this. That's their job" Oh my God, I am speechless. How he got abused like that and still forgives them is beyond me. A true man with a beautiful heart

[@pumpkin-fu4cm]

You should feel bad for his patients, I bet he wanted the flight so much because he was on his way to sexually assault another one. He is felon doctor, please look up his rap sheet. He abused his title to basically rape some of his patients, trading drugs for sexual favors

[@user-gx2pn6jp9o]

years later and I’m still disgusted

[@juju-be4279]

Same

[@americanroger9285]

Same

[@pxtuq2933]

Its been 1 year

[@masochistic_lele4414]

Same

[@spacechimp3199]

@@pxtuq2933 it’s been about 3

[@VanDerMan01]

“This will never happen again” *Happens again multiple times*

[@mcgames9517]

It did? When?

[@dmisasa4709]

@@mcgames9517 just search for it

[@warcriment7298]

@@mcgames9517 just search lying son of a bitch and you will get united air lines first on headline

[@jairocorrales7370]

​@@warcriment7298 Wow ok buddy he was just asking a question. You tuck that comment way too seriously.

[@cloudnine.]

@Jairo Something, algo I think he meant you were supposed to search “lying son of a bitch”.

[@shielatv22]

CEO apologized on TV and not with the victim. 🥴

[@muzwot9603]

If it weren't for the fact him being a doctor, it'd have been swept under the carpet.

[@timmyasikin4177]

Wakakak...lol....

[@narcfreekeekee9168]

Well this airline has lost a customer before they even got one. I’ll never do business with United airlines.

[@benmangrum8626]

@Robin Chawla Well I would fly with United

[@Dreadtheday]

Might as well not fly... Have not seen a single airline that didnt have these stories. It is the law I disagree with. We provide the security for our own safety but their business is private.. What about public flights?

[@jfjfhf9756]

I sued them and I cried when I heard bout this.

[@ahmadyulyfirmansah5937]

Know what about United Airline is...? It was the most Racist Airline in the world. They cannot take somebody else seat just because United state employee or government want it. He is Doctor, how if he need to flight to do operate or save someone else in other place.

[@DeezNuts-gm5if]

@@Dreadtheday state funded airlines sounds groovy

[@misscypher9857]

This isn’t even disgusting; it’s disturbing and terrifying. This is pure evil.

[@phoebechandler8932]

I mean it’s still disgusting though...

[@Aurora-Palace]

It’s an insight to hell

[@kkeomchizz]

Its both disgusting and terrifying

[@ethansmith7359]

i don't think you know what pure evil looks like

[@kamilmaterna754]

@@ethansmith7359 Pure evil have many forms. Even without the war.

[@Jeng4280]

This is so awful. That man was treated with the utmost disrespect I have ever seen in my life. This shouldn't have happened to ANYONE. And he is a good man because he forgave those jerks from literally dragging him off the airline! Wow!

[@pj3770]

Who wouldn't want a medical doctor on the flight? That's the last person you want to give up their seat.

[@syjolt536]

“A concussion, broken nose, and two missing teeth” I’m actually so surprised how calm and forgiving he is after losing 2 teeth from being forced off of a flight he paid for

[@annamedina2364]

The Wraith I wonder how much his settlement was?

[@guberization]

He prescribes himself a lot of medicine and hookers to make up for it.

[@Labgorilla]

I could almost hear the dollars softening every word. It was supposed to happen. United learned something that day and policy has changed. Dr Dao was injured and compensated accordingly. Everyone moves on.

[@HK-gm8pe]

I am massage therapist in northern europe and couple of days ago one american came to massage and he told me that "wow police in your country is just wonderful, they are soo polite and everything" I laughed at this and then he said "no, seriously, in america they are going to shoot you"

[@robertlulek1634]

@@annamedina2364 I'm sure the payout was in the tens of millions

[@limegreen7756]

“Is there a doctor on board” “no you dragged him off”

[@kiranmahilange9]

Would have been ironic.

[@lisahinton9682]

@Lime Green That's the most hilarious comment I've read in these comments. Most have been "How dare they" type of comments. Yours brought a moment of laughter - thank you.

[@ruddylopez2368]

😂

[@kkslicez]

I hope you find a job if you don’t have one. More specifically, a job as a comedian.

[@jenniferlorence1950]

Lime Green: Exactly, the Airline industry became quite Dominant tyrant for a While, but there came a Germ and made them Lose $$$$$Billions.

[@msj7421]

I cried. That was horrible!! My heart goes out to him, that was so sad. The person responsible for this should be ashamed of themselves!

[@pumpkin-fu4cm]

You should feel bad for his patients, I bet he wanted the flight so much because he was on his way to sexually assault another one. He is felon doctor, please look up his rap sheet. He abused his title to basically rape some of his patients, trading drugs for sexual favors

[@shirellx5471]

This is why you shouldn’t overbook flights.

[@cazorla82]

United: Get on as a doctor, get off as a patient.

[@wildflower7362]

This is United air lines

[@ZahidoTV]

LMAO thats hilarious

[@nezt94]

hahaha sorry i laugh 😂🙏

[@KabbalahSherry]

Hilarious 🤭🤣 LMAOOO I love watching rich powerful people squirm in their seats, as they're being forced to eat some of the sh*t they've been doling out to us "little guys" since forever. F*CK EM. 😤🤬 The doctor deserved whatever settlement they gave him & then some!

[@yumi_611]

Lmfao I feel bad for laughing at this-

[@aspectoftheyeti1232]

Don’t need customer service when you have no customers

[@Eleahchris]

Good one.

[@ana-ev8ur]

Just Pathetic they’re the third largest airlines in the world.

[@JOSH-qx7fm]

@@ana-ev8ur and one of the worst. Or should I say, the worst

[@theMiaow]

Oh yea it's big brain time

[@momoblue1691]

Arie Proved that you don’t really need customer service if you have partnership (chase etc) & better deals.

[@archerbob6847]

Were the people who assault him ever charged?

[@Madmen604]

What rediculous policy to drag a paid passenger off the plane because THE AIRLINE MESSED UP. DISGUSTING.

[@dsangel4135]

Nobody: United airlines: If we can't beat our competitors we'll just beat our customers!

[@orouba14]

as sad as that is, the comment is funny 😂

[@fbi855]

Lol

[@enriqueromero9898]

I died 😂

[@Mokawoo]

Lmaooooooo

[@colin-kun3611]

Lol

[@xocai2419]

The people who dragged him out of his seat HE PAYED FOR causing injuries to him are disgusting.

[@mrnickel1221]

They aren’t, the system is (even though it is because they had a choice, i would personaly stand up for him)

[@MikeSmith-zo6eu]

It says the can change the seats at their discretion when u buy a ticket. You follow their rules or fly elsewhere, but every airline has that same rule

[@VitorCoelho6]

I don't buy the BS about being their jobs either. You had 4 grown ass man to handle a single passenger. If you need to do all that damage to accomplish this, its just verbally and physically incompetence all around. They were absolute terrible at their jobs that day.

[@lisamarielund6292]

I believe those thugs who dragged him off the plane were all fired. The effing flight crew should have all been fired for calling airport security to drag a paying passenger of a flight so that the seat could be given to a United employee to get him to another flight to work. Send them on a effing BUS you bunch of assholes. I would rather walk than fly this scum airline.

[@saoirserose2696]

Wasn’t their call to make, they were dispatched by their superiors to respond to a “belligerent” passenger, they asked him to vacate he refused and action was taken to remove him… it doesn’t make it right, but as the victim said they were doing their jobs, and the officers only know the orders they’re given in a moments notice. This is the problem of management.

[@janetremsing6988]

Everyone should BOYCOTT THIS AIRLINE!!! How dare they! 😡‼️🇺🇸

[@XerxesBreakSama]

id rather get fired than hurt an innocent human being, an elderly to boot. those security guys should be ashamed of themselves.

[@_________.]

He hurt himself

[@bean7559]

"Will never happen again." 10 accidents later "Will never happen again."

[@k.m4061]

Yup ur right the ceo a liar

[@Aurora-Palace]

American Airlines is just dumb

[@mrnoobie2541]

I will never have diarrhea again. It will never happen again either.

[@alphach1mp]

CEO is still sitting in his cushioned seat.

[@brysonkonoto6012]

Everyday for them is opposite day. Even when the CEO's wife said, "I enjoyed last night."

[@Eric-ki9ss]

United Airlines employee: Sorry, you must give up your seat. Passenger: No. United Airlines employee: _So you have chosen death._

[@mikegallant811]

You have no color now,Munoz,and I cast you from the order and the council Oscar Munoz,your staff is broken!

[@yoloson1187]

Why did he need to give up the seat?

[@mikegallant811]

@@yoloson1187 the assholes said some of their staff needed to get somewhere.

[@mysteriousden7293]

plays *Duel Of The Fates*

[@zeukrox9929]

@@mysteriousden7293 😂

[@CC-kl4nh]

This constitutes blind prejudice. He was 69 and a senior citizen. This is as close to a hate crime as I see it. They are lucky he did not suffer a traumatic brain injury!

[@dreamthedream8929]

Is 69 already a senior citizen? If he is that age he looks very young for that age, cannot tell

[@mystosplosion]

All the weird incidents that have happened on UA flights. The pilot meltdowns and passenger incidents. This company should not exist.

[@mattylee3224]

I’m never flying United Airlines.

[@abenakwabuwaa]

Matty Lee U and me both ,

[@miniliebenberg9644]

Me too

[@lizzienotlizzy1061]

Matty Lee me too

[@TJ-tl8ol]

it’s too expensive anyway, shitty seats too, you’re not missing out

[@flourished4699]

fultonstraße 999, yes

[@karak9595]

Honestly, who would be ok with giving up their seat? I mean I picked out what day I wanted to fly and where I wanted to sit, and because y’all overbooked you think I should just willingly forfeit my seat with no questions asked? I think not.

[@chasemorgan7545]

entitlement at its finest

[@sakurachristineito6428]

@@chasemorgan7545 that's actually fighting for our rights

[@chasemorgan7545]

@@sakurachristineito6428 what rights? Airlines are not public transportation, they are companies. You aren't entitled to anything. Just because you buy a ticket doesn't mean they can't remove you from the flight, that is what refunds are for. If they tell you to get off, you don't continue to sit on their property and argue. You get off and get compensated.

[@sakurachristineito6428]

@@chasemorgan7545 you're just saying all that shit cause it hasn't happened to you or your family member when you were supposed to urgently be somewhere at a particular time.

[@chasemorgan7545]

@@sakurachristineito6428 you are right it hasn't, however that doesn't change the fact that the airline has rights too. Did you know that the doctor who was "the victim" was originally removed from the plane, and then assaulted a police officer, pushing her on the jetbridge, and ran back onto the plane into the seat? That is why he was dragged off. But see, the media doesn't report that part so anyone that just eats up anything the media says only gets a half truth. The airline didn't do anything any that other airline doesn't do, and the doctor assaulted a law enforcement officer to get on property he had no rights to after his ticket was cancelled. So that is what actually happened, too bad the media never reports accurately.

[@tericarter2019]

your heart beautiful I am sorry for this traumatic experience you endured

[@reynaldoflores4522]

Get with it, Doc. If you're really a successful physician, you can surely afford to fly Business Class. But you chose to 1) Book an El Cheapo Airlines flight. 2) Buy the cheapest seat available 3) Be the last passenger to check-in for your flight. So what did you expect?

[@commentbot8376]

"After refusing to give his seat, to make room for the "UNITED EMPLOYEES" " Damn, he paid for that seat I respect him tbh for forgiving those guys, what a legend

[@drunkadora7980]

The employees already have designated seats though. They’re just being b*tches right now.

[@cummerchant542]

@@drunkadora7980 the point Is that they overbooked and don’t have seats

[@MilaBarross]

You could have offered the crew some beneficts if someone agreed to take the ndxt flight, if even than no one wanted to leave you could designated someone to leave and refuse to take of if they don't (wich is already not cool but the peer pressure should solve it) but knock a man unconscious, have him lose 2 teeth and drag him out is not acceptable

[@erica-elfriedemarik6647]

I dont think he payed fir the seat himself - it was a frequent flyer stuff and this people simply must be taken of first

[@LezGoBeezrule]

Yeah he *PAID* ! So rude of the United airlines

[@smurfette_blues7922]

Man... elderly Asian men always remind me of my dad, so I feel so unconsciously sympathetic. That video made me tear up too

[@generalbilldog962]

Smufette101 very respectful man. The treatment he faced is unbelievable.

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Smufette101 lol Asian style 👉8=o~

[@ashfernandes5007]

Well you're writing a comment about it so it's not unconscious

[@PaulWilliamE.]

SHUT THE FUCK UP PUSSCAKE!!!!

[@Toxxiccc]

@Smuffete101 nigga what

[@juliagraviet]

you can tell this man is just a gentle sweet soul. i hope he’s ok

[@pumpkin-fu4cm]

You should feel bad for his patients, I bet he wanted the flight so much because he was on his way to sexually assault another one. He is felon doctor, please look up his rap sheet. He abused his title to basically rape some of his patients, trading drugs for sexual favors

[@samuelmontypython8381]

That settlement better have been at least 7-figures.

[@llss.335]

No, that’s not their job. They can SAFELY remove the passenger. Not like this, no.

[@zamzam9140]

demine100018 he wasn’t a threat when he was just chillin w his phone tho... plus I heard he was on the plane for a trip to a patient so why take him so violently when they could take some family just going for a quick vacay where their lives aren’t in the line?

[@llss.335]

Angelina Perhaps you lift them and carry them safely, in a way they can’t sustain an injury; you don’t drag them on the floor.

[@llss.335]

demine100018 But surely they can hold him under his armpits, instead of dragging him on the floor

[@llss.335]

demine100018 I would imagine that’s part of their training, if it is part of their responsibilities.

[@francoistombe]

The easiest way to get people off a plane when over booked is to offer enough money to get some one to switch. Just keep raising the offer until enough take it. I would take it for $1000. Much cheaper than $5M settlement and several billion$ loss from bad PR.

[@Jocelyn_Jade]

His reaction is crying. That shows he is an empathic man who is in touch with his emotion and cares, makes sense with his career. And his actions after this just reinforce how good of a person he is.

[@tonytse7868]

His wife used to be my family doctor and she is also SUPER NICE

[@rudithmarkcruz4110]

Nice to see people who also noticed those details

[@Anna-346]

Yeah

[@Anna-346]

@@tonytse7868 ok that's nice

[@yolandagloriaprieto-faelna3999]

Absolutely

[@mariaa5887]

There are Airlines like this in USA? What type or morals do Americans have? Just beat up person like that?

[@shesaurora9482]

It breaks my heart to see such a sensitive man shattered, admitting to seeing that makes him ball his eyes out made me cry, I wish you nothing but the best Dr David Dao. This event took place 3 years ago yet new people learn about your story each and every day. No one should ever had to endure this especially someone who contributes more than 80% of American's to this society. I'm so sorry on behalf even though I had no direct involvement I feel bad for watching the video as it does upset you seeing it as it did me. I wish you peace and I hope you're doing better now that it's been 3 years much love.

[@brie1796]

They hurt him so bad to the point where he had to scream in a very high pitch way that made him sound like a woman in distress. And it didn't even help the fact that as he's getting dragged his stomach and bellybutton is showing making him look like he's wearing a crop top. The whole video looks so wrong in so many levels cuz it just makes it look like these men were trying to sexually assault him. It's disgusting honestly...

[@bennguyen9256]

The guy who dragged off the doctor should be charged and prosecuted .

[@GameOn71213]

they done did that to him, he didnt wanna give up his seat, cause he was opening up a free clinic for Veterans..wtf? lets call it what it is he Asian thats why

[@GameOn71213]

@curragh 42 so that's your answer you can't even be mature about your answer

[@kebabfoto]

@curragh 42 all these empty headed trump supporters who think we live in a post racism world should just immediately comit suicide if they cared the least about humanity

[@lukehotty257]

Bru did you listen to the video🙄

[@bennguyen9256]

@@lukehotty257 I heard he said"no, i am not going".

[@tinhinnh]

“Fly United. You wont get jet lag, you just get dragged.”

[@humansrtrash324]

Now that's a good joke skskkdjdjjdf

[@mrpotato5332]

More like a Jet Dragged..

[@motivationallizard2556]

@@mrpotato5332 ha good one

[@campkira]

all airline can do that... since employees are lazy as fucked....

[@nytrex_yt7417]

Mr. Potato *you got jet dragged*

[@SharleneKate]

No accountability whatsoever from the company. No apology. United shouldve grown some balls and pay this innocent man!! And issue a public apology.

[@ElsePerson]

Find it disgusting that the airline covered the officers and they didn't serve any prison time for their unlawful actions.

[@user-nm9gy5hz4r]

He seems like a such a nice person,this shouldn’t have happen to him🙁

[@mikantsumiki9222]

Thomas F wdym? the father had went through crap just from a seat

[@codybaxter3991]

Where is the humanity?

[@brownsugar9629]

@@xertz2502 you can’t be serious

[@brownsugar9629]

@@codybaxter3991 not on earth

[@brownsugar9629]

@@codybaxter3991 probably on another planet

[@jennydkwong]

He's a doctor, his wife is a doctor, all his kids are doctors (except 1 daughter who married a lawyer). They all want to give back to community & a good role model for us

[@60toodles]

erm doctors aren't all good role models lol

[@jennydkwong]

@@60toodles Unfortunately that's so true but at least they're contributing to societies; I think we all contributing to societies & community in whatever career we do, just in different levels & different ways 😘

[@hbrabim]

sounds like a normal Asian fam to me, ngl .

[@canuck21]

Married to a lawyer? It's pathetic to have to point that out as if it's something of value. Had she been a lawyer herself, then OK that's her accomplishment, but just married to one? Who cares.

[@jennydkwong]

@@canuck21😜take it easy, my point is they're hardworking people who contributing(everyone is contributing to societies in some ways as long as they're a productive citizen) to societies not like criminals or someone who cause problems to community.

[@someone3187]

I don't know how it could escalate like that. Wasn't there anyone else more willing to give up their seat for a specific amount of money? Did he not tell them he was on his way to open a veteran charity hospital and that he's a doctor? They could have picked someone else who had a less urgent reason to travel and wouldn't have resisted like that.

[@alecubudulecu]

let's recall that he's not a doctor anymore. he had his license suspended in 2003 for soliciting illegal sex in exchange for narcotics.

[@theresahall3912]

They were only willing to raise it so high and since they couldn't get enough takers they decided who was unimportant enough for them to get rid of. And personally I think that employees should have a seat reserved ahead of time like the rest of us considering we pay for a seat and we expect to get what we pay for. They should reserve a spot like the rest of us.

[@ChaniBethyPooPoo]

He wasn't violent, or creating a situation on the plane that was unsafe or disruptive for other passengers or the staff. He just refused to give up a seat that he paid for. There was no reason for this atrocity. I don't remember all the details of the situation, but did the airline even try to ask for volunteers first, and offer them a refund or upgrade for taking a later flight? Either way, this was just gross!

[@kathyl770]

And the fact that he paid for his seat . And they just got violent when he refused to give up his seat . That’s just unacceptable.

[@kathyl770]

@@brie1796 i hope you don’t mean it because of his race because it’s not cool to do such a thing . He had his right and he just did what he deserves

[@kimcheesevlog4511]

@@brie1796 if it was you it much more worse than him😂😂😂. He has reason . He's a doctor. You just a bunch of idiot

[@gavinbruce1871]

Agreed that's racist

[@schuncke]

Why did they chose him or was it random ?

[@jiwonkim4617]

Exactly 💯

[@kavyanair5646]

Poor guy, his intentions were literally just to save lives and they just dragged him out and left him with serious injuries....i'm losing faith in this world.

[@Native722]

Yup he got millions for it

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

Agreed but dont try to base your faith in the world off a 3rd rate garbage bin airline company lol. Theres far worse stuff happening around the world every second that passes by. Youre supposed to look for faith in the world in the right places. Like that this got recorded and some justice was had.

[@kavyanair5646]

@@NeutralGuyDoubleZero you have a point, i'm sure theres always good things happening too. i just fail to understand how people can just conveniently be so harsh when this behaviour was totally uncalled for, i definitely expect more from people.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

@@kavyanair5646 Theres people all over the world whos main cares begin and end with getting the day/shift over and getting money. It really is sad how united seems to not at all care for how their customers are treated when they want their way. My bets that there are way more people in having a bad time than there are people having a good time. The worlds a naturally hostile place. We're both extremely lucky to be in locations where we can use the internet compared to pretty much anywhere in africa for example. If you try see it all as a big picture that everything you see contributes to, youre just gonna drive yourself crazy/super depressed. Look for happiness in the right spots and try to not get too distressed over whatever outrage is happening in the news currently

[@kavyanair5646]

@@NeutralGuyDoubleZero definitely a valid perspective. we are indeed very lucky with all our small privileges that we fail to acknowledge from our day to day life. like u said, it all depends on the perspective with which we look at the world! thank you for that - it's important for others also to know this so thanks for putting it out there :)

[@AJourneyOfYourSoul]

Every single person involved should have went to jail for 20 years for what they did to this man. The airlines and police did everything wrong.

[@stevefowler5970]

then again, he could have just taken another flight and not have such a martyr complex...

[@AJourneyOfYourSoul]

@@stevefowler5970 it was illegal to force him off the plane, the airline didn’t follow protocol. Once an airline seats you and if you haven’t broken any rules, the only way they can get a passenger off is to offer compensation and wait for volunteers. The reason they didn’t do this was because the situation wasn’t approved by the airline to offer compensation. Basically the airline workers wanted to help out a fellow employee and picked the Asian dude. This is why United settled out of court immediately. They had nothing to stand on. The only person who followed the rules that day was the passenger.

[@blake9747]

@@AJourneyOfYourSoul : Thanks for explaining this to us all. I did not know all these facts by watching this video. Airlines and their employees, need to be held accountable for not following proper protocol. If you want me to give up my seat, then you'd better be offering the moon for my inconvenience and time. If not, then I should have a right to say, NO, and you leave me alone. All this said however, I personally probably would have just got off the plane and taken another flight, rather than having to be pulled off. I would have litigated the thing afterwards for sure since I was illegally told to give up my sea though. I can't blame him for his stance though. He did what he felt was right, and though he ended up being battered and bruised for it, he came out on top in the end. Not the same as Rosa Parks not giving up her seat on the bus, but in a way it is a similar situation. Saying NO to unjust treatment....etc

[@stevefowler5970]

@@AJourneyOfYourSoul it is totally legal to bump passengers. the doctor acted very unprofessionally. Some one his age and life experience shouldnt have acted like a prima donna and could have easily contacted his colleagues to advise of the delay and that he would be on a later flight. an extra nights stay at a nice hotel wouldnt have been the worst thing in the world for a man of his supposed intelligence and experiences. there are people in the world in worse situations than this well off doctor

[@AJourneyOfYourSoul]

Once boarded, they must offer compensation first and wait for volunteers. If you haven’t boarded, they must offer compensation first, but if they still don’t have enough volunteers they can force it. United never did this. They immediately tried to force the person off without ever offering compensation and asking for volunteers. From the dot gov website. Before boarding. “When a flight has more passengers who are ready to fly than there are seats available, airlines must first ask passengers to give up their seats voluntarily, in exchange for compensation, before bumping anyone involuntarily. “ After boarding. Can airlines involuntarily bump me after I have boarded the flight? Generally, no. If you have met the following conditions, airlines are not allowed to deny you permission to board, or remove you from the flight if you have already boarded the flight: You have checked-in for your flight before the check-in deadline set by the airlines; and A gate agent has accepted your paper boarding pass or electronically scanned your boarding pass and let you know that you may proceed to board.

[@lovegymandwork]

What a great Doctor to open clinic for Veterans!!! This is outright violation of basic Human Rights. May peace be with this family having to undergo such a traumatic event.

[@elikoffman4344]

Ceo calls him “belligerent” Gets interviewed: I’m so sorry, this will never happen again...

[@sapteryomgam8880]

But happens multiple times 🤨😑

[@b.l.9764]

Yes, his apology couldn't of been a bigger load of crap.

[@amalalshuwaikh8119]

He is only sorry he got caught

[@lavender_honey1499]

@@amalalshuwaikh8119 agreed

[@swaggery]

@@sapteryomgam8880 He was talking about him trash talking passengers in leaked emails.

[@mrtuber3491]

When people “just do their job” without using their own moral compass it doesn’t take long to end up in a fascist state.

[@misscypher9857]

Mr Tuber Say it louder 👏🏼

[@prot07ype87]

*Exactly, or a communist state.*

[@LGJdirjdkfo]

Too late brah! Enjoy the Donnie the orange.

[@Anton-wd6zw]

It’s literally the excuse war criminals used at Nuremberg trials, “I was just following orders”

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

You sure about that bud? Because I'm 95% sure the actual fascist states arose from a natural reaction to communist revolutionaries. And I'd much prefer fascism to this failing "democracy" where nobody outside the center right has any chance of being elected. At least then we don't have the false sense of choice. I forget who said this but there's a quote,"The worst form of dictatorship is the one which pretends its not". There is no signifcant difference between Republican and Democrats aside from a few positions which would be inconsequential to any other country. Reporters on both sides shame the "far" right (anyone outside center-right conservatism), and there is this bullshit corporate-enforced standard of diversity because showing miscegenated couples is apparently fucking profitable now. You know what runs this country? Greed. Greed runs this country. You know why some loner goes into a school and murders a bunch of people every couple of months? Because some slimey media executive wants to stand on some graves to parrot some stupid fucking agenda and make a boatload of cash. Get the idea into their heads that if they shoot little Timmy in the fuckin skull, make a real pretty mess of his corpse that he'll be famous. Get all over the big news with the latest IED casualty. You know why we couldn't get enough testing kits out for the coronavirus? Because Trump appointed some corporate fucking hack to oversee that part of the government. Leading to nepotism and incompetence. Money runs your society fuccboi. And you love that.

[@DinFL]

Shame on that airline. No one deserves such treatment. NO ONE!

[@mac-ju5ot]

That poor dr I can't imagine why they didnt handle it better?

[@insanefanta8025]

This is the chillest, and calmest asian old guy ever

[@ketchup5159]

if he wasnt beat up then he wouldn't be famous

[@danielrose7566]

@@ketchup5159 tf do u even mean dude

[@lead_tv]

@@ketchup5159 so what they did was good??

[@explicitDTP]

@@lead_tv hope he got PAID!

[@explicitDTP]

@@danielrose7566 I think he means that some good came from this evil, likely him getting PAID and then being able to retire. Hope he got atleast a milli

[@i.h.7268]

I stopped flying United ever since this happened.

[@otallono]

That's dumb... any employee working for any company could do this, how would they have prevented their actions? All they could do is fire them. What if A McD's employee spits in your food, you go somewhere else? Where the same thing will probably happen?

[@hortn123]

Same here

[@liviawang3822]

@@otallono but thats the mcdonalds employees fault- no one told them to. United airlines overbooked their flight that's their problem and the blame should not be on anyone else

[@Johan_S4]

@FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation oh, tell me American is that "overbooking" practice is common thing there or just those 2 company that did it

[@Johan_S4]

@FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation ok,thanks, will try to avoid those if I go to America

[@hetty8647]

Are there no translators for him to speak about this??? I hate how they dragged him out of the airplane and now they put him on live television knowing this man is fluent in a different language. And still not provide a translator on the spot to help him get his point out there.

[@ryanfrizzell736]

Wow this appeared very humiliating. The things he must have done to overcome this sort of public and media publicized humiliation is astounding.

[@adrunkgorillawithalobotomy353]

The security were not just doing their job. It's not their job to beat somebody up. I feel so bad for this guy. He seems like such a gentle soul with a kind heart. They treated him like he was less than human. So, no, they went beyond their job description in a very negative way and there should be repercussions for that.

[@corey041571]

So true. I felt the same way.I love the guy for who he is and yes he is such a gentle soul with a kind heart. I got upset to hear him say that they were just doing there job. They violated his rights in so many ways like he was less than human. It was inhumane for them to treat him like that because they screwed up and oversold?? WHAT!! Didn't they say that they needed four seats? Who were the other three?

[@cautionTosser]

but is it their job or not? security guard is such a vague description and can vary greatly from one job to the next. for example: the guys that protect the president could conceivably be called "security guards", but because of where they are employed people naturally assume they could and would shoot you if you threatened/attacked the object they were securing (the president). I also consider airport security on a higher level than that of say a mall security guard. It really all depends upon their training and their employers. Clearly in this instance their training sucked. As did their employers as proven by the presidents real sentiments disclosed in that email. EDIT: nowhere in the story did it say that he was beaten up. It just stated that he received those injuries, which he probably got just from banging into stuff while being dragged - not by a direct assault. I know - it's a fine line, but probably not so fine in legal terms. ;)

[@kang0528]

Yes they weren't just "doing their job." They got a kick out of the power and authority and being thugs and abusive, treating an unarmed nice human being like less than. All profits for the plane. They were insensitive and evil men who have no love or feelings compassion and racists because he had accent. I bet some rich person offered them $$$$$ for a seat and no one& he wouldn't give it up.. so they picked & chose the one they think they can remove & bully easily first. No he paid for his seat. Whoever bitch or bastard with money can wait.

[@mollyprysunka7741]

@@cautionTosser woke up in a hospital with a broken nose. Are you high?

[@rebeccadupak1514]

@@cautionTosser they won't shoot you if you're simply sitting on a seat

[@Reconseal4050]

If someone needed a doctor on that plane. You already knew what happened to him. Lol

[@petepetersen5418]

Is there a doctor on this plane? Nope, we do have some excellent United employees that can bring you a wet towel and shitty food.

[@possiblymaybe4238]

*_Not anymore_*

[@mod91Kauai]

I know what happened to him! He cried!

[@freefalling4271]

If only karma appeared at that perfect time, when after the plane took off, one of his employees suffers from an illness. Then they yelled if there’s any doctor on flight and later realised the one they kicked out of plane was the only doctor on board.

[@panigbrowardcollege]

Sick how you just say lol after a man went through this. 🙁👊

[@tchrmika8331]

HOW FORGIVING AND HUMBLE THIS MAN IS 🤗🤩

[@thndr_5468]

David Dao is a saint and I'm glad he was able to move on and better his life through this turbulence

[@jimmystudies9848]

I stopped flying United after this incident and how it was handled.

[@amym7075]

same

[@tropicthunder2395]

Hes a liberal shill

[@laura-yd3fv]

Tropic Thunder Why does it matter?

[@vcagande7998]

Not only did they kill a young puppy, that puppy most likely died *slowly* and the airport gave a half hearted apology with a lame excuse

[@dc-bueno.2262]

Wow I bet they cared so much about you not flying.

[@noahphilip4837]

After this incident , I convinced my parents and friends not to fly United.

[@CriticalMaster95]

Convince them not to fly Spirit either. They're much worse than United.

[@katv3116]

@@CriticalMaster95 i flew spirit for a 3 hour flight, it truly is the worst

[@frostblind9850]

Wow

[@BulletSpoung]

Or not to fly at all.

[@largol33t1]

Noah, big fucking deal. SOUTHWORST did the same to a muzlim passenger just because she hated sitting on a plane next to a service dog.

[@knuffelmaus7175]

He seems like an incrediblygood person. ...Hope he found peace finally and no PTSD

[@_________.]

He was never beaten… he refused to get up and was clinging to the seat like a child and hurt himself. Then he went limp limbed, once again like a child, instead of getting up and walking he made employees drag him.

[@steveneasterling8832]

United did you learn that serving paying customers is more important than employees. The employees were your responsibility not the doctor’s ! You really messed up !!!!!!!

[@insanityandy6363]

He's a really good guy he does a lot of charity work and he's not even angry with the security guards. Respect for this guy.

[@mangomanlassi7779]

Ikr! If it were me I probably would've sued them

[@ViNguyen-tp5ej]

Mathavan Ilankesan he reached an undisclosed settlement with United, that’s why

[@keithngmusic2093]

Salute to him!

[@hoathim2573]

Why couldn’t that be me that get beat up n rewarded with all that $😔

[@xhuynh23]

@@hoathim2573 -- LOL American Airlines overbook all the time, just fly a lot until the day they drag you out

[@astralbkk1513]

United Airlines: Sir, we need you to give up your seat. Passenger: Excuse Me! United Airlines: Execute Order 66.

[@MickeyMouse-ke3bj]

Asian lives matter! 👊👊

[@MickeyMouse-ke3bj]

@@justyoung2264 oh for gods sake..ITS A JOKE DAMN IT!

[@FBI-ke2nd]

@JustIn Young r/woooosh

[@FBI-ke2nd]

Fuck he deleted his fuckign comment

[@MickeyMouse-ke3bj]

@@FBI-ke2nd IKR!

[@scottmcshannon6821]

charge them with assault, kidnapping.

[@pathologyferrets6564]

Someone attacked for not giving up their seat to someone else? Sounds like another historic event.

[@stratant.8722]

"Is there a Doctor in the plane?" "I am a Doctor" "BEAT HIM BEAT HIM!*

[@omar212yy]

Yea that USA 🤕

[@campkira]

@@omar212yy not going near that shit anytime soon... i think i will take a boat...

[@footfinger8195]

"NO FREE HEALTH CARE"

[@mikeoxlong5843]

He's Vietnamese - He's known as "Doctor Dog Eater" - Fuck Him !

[@moone486]

BRUHHHJKJ

[@golamfarooque2508]

This man is too nice. He suffers a concussion, a broken nose, and missing teeth but still forgives the people who did this to him. Makes me very sad. Let's vow never to take United airlines ever

[@kcet1948]

He could have been anyone's dad or grandfather.

[@spikefivefivefive]

He's obviously very happy with his payout.

[@emmanuelhoule8070]

@@spikefivefivefive hes a doctor 🤦‍♀️

[@sleepyfromstress6524]

Agreed. I don’t even know any American Airlines but the next time I see the word U-N-I-T-E-D, you bet your ass I’m turning right back the way I came 😤😤😤

[@pflaffik]

United would codeshare with Lufthansa, you cant know when buying tickets long time in advance, and you cant boycott all airlines to be safe. Im not a fan of codeshares and was annoyed once when i had to take a British Airways long haul flight, but was pleasantly surprised when they were several notches better than the airline i had booked.

[@TheKaris9]

I’m in the U.K. I’ve never heard this story before until now. How shocking, this poor man! Disgusting behaviour, just shameful.

[@V.E.R.O.]

It went viral in the US and there were lots of memes, my favorite was the one from South West Airlines that said: "We beat the competition not you" 😂

[@pavangodakiya7751]

Such a innocent men..

[@lilyliu2430]

That’s rude, very rude, they should seriously close that airline if that continues

[@sleepybeans_3188]

It has continued

[@DarnHooligan]

*proceeds to continue*

[@laei6391]

If deez nuts will be the president of usa that company will be closed immediately

[@ireadmanga5506]

United Airlines: Go in as a Doctor, Board off as a Patient

[@AhWhyIsTherePoopInYourMouth]

Sad but true. 🤣😭🤣

[@cloudysky5551]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kathyladores13]

hahaha trueee

[@jrjr5343]

More like board off a millionaire

[@alanli2605]

This comment is copied....

[@hoalexander6080]

Dr. Dao is a true gentleman and Avery kind heart person. He also a devoted Vietnamese country music devote and researcher.may god bless him

[@energygirl9588]

What a humble and wonderful gentleman!

[@Picachki]

If “that” was my job, to beat someone senseless for no reason, I’d rather get fired. In fact I’d quit! Shame on you United. You lost another customer.

[@greatarabia8091]

@Alastair Valyocsik God damn! Ask her how she got that I'm curious

[@pozloadescobar]

Well, they're "aviation security officers", meaning cop wannabes excited for a chance to thug it up

[@kcet1948]

You've have paid your ticket only to get beat up. Who do they intend to give his seat to? A diff passenger they overbooked?

[@kang0528]

I've banned UA long before this since the 90s for their racist attitudes treatments I felt they treated towards Asians.

[@JenJen0582]

@@kcet1948 no, they were giving the seats to United airlines employees. Terrible!

[@RayMak]

He is a good man

[@aijint]

Why do I see you everywhere on these news videos

[@koyonafri]

@@aijint I see him like on every channel I go to

[@aijint]

@@koyonafri lol

[@JD-kp8mi]

Indeed

[@JD-kp8mi]

Good man

[@ZEBEEtheoriginal]

How could this happen??? An oversold flight? !?!?! I am so CONFUSED. Poor man. 😭

[@annemontanaro3795]

Airlines should be mandated TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN ACCOMODATE ALL PASSENGERS AND EMPLOYEES WHO NEED A SEAT. RIDICULOUS!

[@clear._.3699]

the saddest thing is he was going to open a FREE shelter for veterans. Like hes such a nice guy

[@stafonvoncamron]

Was or is?

[@clear._.3699]

@@stafonvoncamron no clue m8. no clue

[@kanyebreast6072]

So why did he have his license revoked then? Because of felony 98 drug charges and writing dodgy prescriptions??

[@somegothgirl2717]

@@kanyebreast6072 I literally can't find anything on that other that shady news sights bashing him, I even used the way back machine it was mainly the "gay sex" thing that some of the article6 that they kept bringing up that made me question it. He obviously did something though

[@PL_D_T]

@@kanyebreast6072 his license was temporarily revoked not permanently so they probably just wanted to cool things off

[@Nontacticalboy]

They should interview the airline employee that took his seat

[@agentpiggles6685]

arvid gunardi i hope they kick his no good rotten ass

[@brandonsimoncini]

Agent piggles There is no way the new flyer knew this would happen. This is on United Airlines and their work ethics, no one else.

[@marshall4719]

That must've been a awkward flight for whoever did take his seat

[@lucastichler5328]

@@agentpiggles6685 It wasn't his fault

[@SamP0rterBridges]

It'd be another pilot that needs to get to an airport otherwise multiple flights would be cancelled screwing hundreds of people instead of one.

[@APL6526]

Just came across this - there are no words to truly describe this, so utterly wrong, what a kind soul, shame on all those who did this to him

[@zombiehuntermz6095]

That guys has a big heart he wasnt angry at them... God bless his heart

[@bossandrew3695]

@@Hmongboi228 but the video got viral so im sure it was deserved imagine having a hundred million people watching the video

[@angelf3365]

@@Hmongboi228 why can’t have that happen to me

[@hollystiener16]

I am sure he was paid a great deal of money by the airline, which helps!

[@gjune36]

United Airlines CEO called him belligerent. The security guards said Dao fell on his own. Thank god everyone can record and take videos now. Or else they would have gotten away with this.

[@marmitaa8619]

What do you mean. Did anyone get punished?

[@rimini201]

Does any police force ever get punished though? No, didn’t think so.

[@m.w.3256]

I believe United Airlines! The so-called doctor should have cooperated! He tried to resist and he suffered the consequences!

[@liama4109]

@@m.w.3256 But he paid for the seat. He shouldn't have been asked to leave the plane as he did nothing wrong

[@pamelajordan2890]

@thanh nguyen racist yes but pig's would never be so unkind and stupid.

[@minnietrout814]

I cried watching the video, too. This was reprehensible! Dr. Dow is a very kind and gracious man.

[@jgesselberty]

NO. You do not forcibly remove a paying passenger, who is not making trouble, from a plane. You make an announcement that asks passengers to volunteer to give up their seats for a voucher.

[@poodlegodking1661]

This doctor should get to fly for free forever, if he even wants to consider flying with United again.

[@OOceaneyess]

Pretty sure his settlement with UA is worth more than free travel everywhere.....and yes, he should get that too. 🙂

[@playtime0123]

Do we ever Want to fly United again?

[@electricpaisy6045]

I think supporting his charity with lots of money is the better solution. He doesn't have to fly with them that way.

[@nutellabrot9047]

And FIRST CLASS

[@jj_cars99]

@@playtime0123 I don't want to. EVER. Horrible airline.