This video and story leaves you asking one question, who was right...and who was wrong?
A viral video shows a tall man cramped in a seat—evidently in the very back of the plane—behind a woman with her seat reclined. The man appears to be steadily hitting the seat back in retaliation.
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The reactions online have been mixed, some people think the lady should have put her seat up to allow the man some more room. Others think the guy went overboard by continuing to punch her seat.
“In the early 2000s, rows in economy used to be 34 inches (86 centimeters) to 35 inches apart; now 30 to 31 inches is typical, though 28 inches can be found on short flights,” Time reported in 2019. “Seats have narrowed, too, from about 18.5 inches to 17 inches on average.”
Here is the update on the story:
The woman who's seat was being punched now says she is having health issues because of it.
She also tweeted that she was injured, and that the incident caused pain.
"I have 1 cervical disk left that isn't fused," she wrote.
"I've lost time at work, had to visit a doctor, got X-rays, and have has [sic] horrible headaches for a week."
After she started filming the man, "he did stop punching as hard," she told CNN. "So it did work to a certain degree."
But Williams said she was stunned by what happened when she tried to get a flight attendant to help.
She said she tried to alert a flight attendant as soon as the punching started. But the employee "rolled her eyes" at Williams and offered the man she accused of hitting her seat some complimentary rum, Williams tweeted.
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"I think the more calm I remained, (the flight attendant) got angrier and more aggravated. So she said, 'I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm done with you,' or 'I'm done with this,' something to that effect, and then handed me this passenger disturbance notice."
After that, the flight attendant told her, "'I will have you escorted off the plane if you say anything else. Delete the video,'" Williams said. "And I was scared to death."
She said she's looking into possible legal action.
Since legal issues have been brought up, we gave our friend and local lawyer Mike Morse a call.
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