LaTroy Hawkins is a journeyman Major League Baseball pitcher who lives in Collin County, though of the 10 teams he’s played for none of them has been the Texas Rangers. On Sunday night, Hawkins was headed to a dove hunting trip in Argentina, on a flight from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to Santiago, Chile, when he helped subdue an unruly passenger.
His account of the incident, via Twitter:
These 2 studs had to subdue a guy on our flight from DFW to Santiago Chile.. Escorted him of the plane… http://t.co/8g9knvQVqJ
— LaTroy Hawkins (@LaTroyHawkins32) October 28, 2013
Long day but we finally made it to our hunting lodge #PicaZura these are the other 2 men who also… http://t.co/oC8UNMC8gI
— LaTroy Hawkins (@LaTroyHawkins32) October 29, 2013
The guy was pissed after FA told him he couldnt sit in open seat in Business class. They started to wrestle and landed in my lap #ItGotReal
— LaTroy Hawkins (@LaTroyHawkins32) October 29, 2013
An American Airlines spokesman confirmed to ESPN New York (Hawkins, a free agent, spent this past season with the Mets) that the flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Peru and that two passengers assisted the flight crew to remove the man causing the disturbance on the plane.
