A United Airlines Employee Pushed an Elderly Man to the Ground

United Airlines could be in A LOT of trouble AGAIN. A video of an employee pushing an elderly man to the ground has been making the rounds and it doesn’t look good.

According to reports in the Houston News, the incident happened at George Bush Intercontinental Airport back in 2015. Ronald, a 71-year-old man, asked a United employee for a new boarding pass and then the employee proceeded to push, “Ronald to the ground where he hit his head on the floor, which knocked him unconscious. He lies there lifeless for minutes. Not one employee comes to check on him.They literally left him there like a piece of garbage.”  A bystander ended up being the one to call 9-1-1. 

Ronald now has a lawsuit against two of the United Airlines employees for “$1 million for negligence.” His lawyer is also encouraging others who have experienced mistreatment to come forward.

United Airlines released an official statement regarding this incident, “we have seen the video from 2015 that shows completely unacceptable behavior by a United employee. This employee was terminated from United in August 2015 following the incident. 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.”

SMH