'Everything is injured,' says United passenger
69-year-old United Airlines passenger David Dao, who was dragged off a plane on Sunday, is in hospital as more details of his past, both good and bad, have emerged.
69-year-old United Airlines passenger David Dao, who was dragged off a plane on Sunday, is in hospital as more details of his past, both good and bad, have emerged.
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United passenger David Dao: 'Everything is injured'
CHICAGO, Associated Press – The United Airlines passenger who was dragged off a plane on Sunday has made a statement from his hospital bed in Chicago, Illinois.
"Everything is injured," David Dao, 69, said when asked what was hurt, according to US TV station WLKY of Louisville, Kentucky.
Bloodied and dazed from the police assault, Dr Dao is dragged off the United Airlines flight where he had been seated by the airline. (Photo via Twitter video)
Dr Dao was forcibly removed from Flight 3411 at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Sunday. Video of his bloody face and the violent treatment he received has since gone viral, sparking an outcry across the travel industry.
"The family of Dr Dao wants the world to know that they are very appreciative of the outpouring of prayers, concern and support they have received. Currently, they are focused only on Dr Dao's medical care and treatment," the family's attorney Stephen Golan said in a subsequent statement.
Dr Dao and his wife, who is also a physician, live in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and he was attempting to fly back home to see to his patients.
This file photo taken on February 09, 2017 shows Oscar Munoz, President and CEO of United Airlines, attending a meeting with airline industry executives hosted by US President Donald Trump in the White House in Washington, DC. After previously describing Dr Dao as "belligerent" and "disruptive," United CEO Oscar Munoz said in a statement Tuesday that "nobody should be treated this way." / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB
After previously describing Dr Dao as "belligerent" and "disruptive," United CEO Oscar Munoz said in a statement Tuesday that "nobody should be treated this way."
"I want you to know that we take full responsibility and we will work to make it right," said Mr Munoz, who was named "Communicator of the Year" two weeks ago by PRWeek magazine.
Details emerging of Dr Dao's past – which the security officials involved with his removal from the plane could not have known – triggered a social media backlash earlier on Tuesday.
According to Louisville, Kentucky's Courier-Journal newspaper, Dao went to medical school in pre-communist Vietnam in the 1970s before moving to the US, where he started working as a pulmonologist in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
In 2003, he was arrested and eventually convicted of prescription drug-related charges, according to the Courier-Journal. He was also convicted of several felony charges of obtaining prescription painkillers by fraud or deceit in November, 2004, and was placed on five years of supervised probation in January 2005, surrendering his medical license the next month.
He was, however, permitted to resume practising in 2015 under certain conditions.
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