United Airlines employee filmed knocking grandfather to ground over a boarding pass
Shocking footage has emerged of a grandfather, 71, being knocked to the ground by a United Airlines employee. The incident, which unfolded in 2015, is now the subject of a million dollar lawsuit. Ronald Tigner was captured on camera walking up to a United Airlines agent at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, US. Mr Tigner claims he asked Alejandro Anastasia for a replacement boarding pass because his own was illegible. After a few moments, video showed the staff member pushing Mr Tigner onto the ground.
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None of the airline’s employees checked to see if the grandfather was okay as he lay motionless on the floor. Eventually a passer-by - who happened to be a nurse - intervened and asked someone to call for help. Mr Tigner - who is a lawyer himself - is suing the airline and Mr Anastasia for negligence, seeking more than US$1m (£784,000) in damages. According to his lawsuit, the passenger claims Mr Anastasia responded at his boarding pass request by laughing and cursing at him. Mr Tigner's attorney William Hoke told KPRC: “Anastasia was looking at Mr. Tigner and started smiling and said, ‘Can't you see we're busy?’ and there's no one in the vicinity of these two employees.
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“And he tells Anastasia to wipe that smile off his face. That's when Anastasia says, ‘I’ll kick your (expletives)’ and shoves Tigner to the ground.” Audio from the call made to 911 heard the employee explain that “a 70-year-old male” had “fallen down”. The operator asked: “Ok, is he awake?” to which the worker said: “I don’t know.” “Do you know the cause of the fall?” the operator then asked, to which the staff member said: “No.” Mr Anastasia was charged with felony crime of injury to an elderly individual after the incident.
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