A newly released video from 2015 shows a United Airlines employee pushing an elderly man to the ground at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
71-year old, Ronald Tigner, is suing United Airlines for $1 million after being pushed by an airline customer service rep.
The incident, which took place in 2015 at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, was over an illegible boarding pass.
Mr Tigner claims that a TSA agent turned him away at security because the boarding pass was unreadable. He approached United employees Alejandro Anastasia and Lanthe Phillips-Allred for assistance but was “suddenly, unexpectedly and violently” shoved to the ground (see video below).
The grandfather can bee seen lying on the floor in the CCTV footage while the two United employees and other nearby passengers do nothing to help. Eventually a woman comes to his aid.
According to CNN, Tigner said he has been trying to file a claim with United, with no success. It was after he saw Dr. David Dao’s settlement outcome, that he chose to take legal action.
Tigner’s attorney, William Hoke, said. “He lies there lifeless for minutes. Not one employee comes to check on him.” He continues, “No one even went to check his pulse. They literally left him there like a piece of garbage.”
Mr Anastasia was later charged with the felony crime of injury to an elderly individual and ordered to pay a fine, write a letter of apology, and attend anger-management classes. He was fired from United Airlines.
The airline issued the following statement to PEOPLE: “We have seen the video from 2015 that shows completely unacceptable behavior by a United employee. This employee is no longer with our company. The conduct shown here does not reflect our values or our commitment to treat all of our customers with respect and dignity. We are taking a thorough look into what happened here and reaching out to our customer to profusely apologize for what occurred and to make this right.”
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