Actor Michael Rapaport is being hailed hero after stopping a passenger from opening an emergency exit window on an American Airlines plane over the weekend.
The 48-year-old actor was flying from Los Angles to Houston on Saturday morning when a fellow passenger got out of his seat, walked to the front of the plane, and started to try and open the emergency exit.
Fox Sports director Ted Kenney, a passenger on the flight who was tweeting the experience, noted that Rapaport "just stopped a guy on our plane from opening emergency door. No joke. Mr New York jump right up and stopped it, no hesitation."
Kenney said Rapaport shot up out of his seat and rushed to the area between the bulkhead and the bathroom and yelled "'what the f**k are you doing?"
"Mike continues yelling so I jump up and rush up to Michael as does some Big 3 players," Kenney wrote.
"I get to the bulkhead and Michael has this guy by the collar and manhandling him away from the emergency exit door. Michael tells us he was trying to open the door. Crew and staff where all in the back of the plane so nobody was looking out for our safety except Mr New York," he added
The "Atypical" star also recounted the incident on his Sunday podcast.
In the latest episode of "I Am Rapaport: Stereo Podcast", the actor said the man "wasn't, like, resisting me, but he kept going at the door."
Eventually other passengers and flight attendants helped move the man away from the door and into the bathroom. The flight landed safely.
"Everyone thanked me and everyone did say I was brave and heroic. I consider myself a common man who does uncommon things. I'm not gonna confirm or deny this, but they're talking statues," Rapaport said.
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