text: An airline passenger who was stabbed with a pen by a woman sitting next to him because he was snoring compared the bizarre attack to being 'stung by bees'. Lenny Mordarski, 68, was viciously poked with the blue ballpoint before take off on the Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago to Manchester, New Hampshire on Thursday. He told ABC7: 'Imagine being asleep and then being stung by bees, and then waking up and going owww.' He added: 'She was smirking... I mean, she said zero at this point, and I just kind of, and all I wanted to do was not be sitting next to her.' Scroll down for video . Lenny Mordarski, 68, was viciously poked with the blue ballpoint on a flight to New Hampshire on Thursday because he fell asleep and was snoring before take-off . Lenny Mordarski, 68, described the attack by a female passenger to 'being stung by bees... owww!' The woman was removed from the flight following the air rage incident and put on a later flight out of Chicago . Crew appear to pass the pen used by the female passenger in the assault on fellow traveler as he slept . The woman, dubbed 'Psycho Pen Lady' by another fellow passenger, was removed from the flight. The Southwest Airlines flight which was scheduled to leave  Midway International Airport at 1.15pm was delayed for almost two hours due to the 'disturbance'. The Chicago Fire Department was called to evaluate Mr Modarkski after he was stabbed in the arm. Mr Mordarski said he would not be pressing charges following the incident. His best friend, photographer Michael Sutton, said the pen stabbing began after Lenny's arm brushed up against the woman while he slept. Mr Sutton, 41, told Daily Mail Online: 'She took her pen and stabbed his arm several times causing him to yell out in pain. 'The pilot ordered the plane back to the gate to escort he off the flight where we gave a statement and she was removed for endangerment. 'Luckily he wore a thick long sleeve shirt or there would have been blood. He will have a few bruises in the morning. 'The passengers cheered when they heard she wasn't coming back on.' Southwest Airlines supplied the men with free gin and tonics and when the plane landed, a flight attendant said: 'Please keep your writing utensils to yourself and have a great day'. The woman was allegedly 'smirking' when she was removed from the plane. Southwest accommodated her on another flight. In a statement to Daily Mail Online, South West Airlines said: 'A customer on flight 577 was removed from the flight before takeoff after poking her seatmate in the arm with a pen. 'The flight departed for Manchester shortly after the passenger was removed. The passenger in question was accommodated on a later flight. No injuries were reported.' Michael Sutton (left) said that his best friend Lenny Modarski (right) yelled in pain after he was stabbed in the arm by a woman on his flight .
target: Lenny Mordarski was rudely awakened when he fell asleep before take-off on a South West Airlines flight on Thursday .
  A female passenger sitting next to him was jabbing him with a ballpoint .
  He said: 'Imagine being asleep and then being stung by bees, and then waking up and going 'owww'