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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no,shrink-to-fit=no"><title>This Day In Twisted History</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://htlbid.com/v3/barstoolsports.com/htlbid.css"><script async src="https://htlbid.com/v3/barstoolsports.com/htlbid.js"></script><script>window.htlbid=window.htlbid||{},htlbid.cmd=htlbid.cmd||[],htlbid.cmd.push((function(){htlbid.setTargeting("pagetype","blog"),htlbid.setTargeting("brandId","102"),htlbid.setTargeting("authorId","63390"),htlbid.setTargeting("tags",["april","2017","9","Vibbs","large","this day in twisted history"]),htlbid.setTargeting("is_testing","no"),htlbid.layout()}))</script><script>var googletag = googletag || {};
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He refused to give up because he is a doctor, and needed to see a patient the next day. </p><p>The next morning, United CEO Oscar Munoz issued a statement which appeared to justify the removal of Dao, referring to it as "re-accommodating the customers."</p><p>Later (after their stock dropped sharply) they backtracked and said: "No one should ever be mistreated this way."</p><p><img src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75" class="fr-fic fr-dib" srcset="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=320 320w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=480 480w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=640 640w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=750 750w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=828 828w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1080 1080w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1200 1200w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1920 1920w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=2048 2048w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=3840 3840w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="eager" style="aspect-ratio:1.0802377414561664;width:100%"></p><p><strong>Bonus Twisted History:</strong></p><p>In true internet hero fashion, David Dao was later outed for his questionable past. From <a href="https://torontosun.com/2017/04/13/united-passenger-david-dao-has-sordid-past-and-distant-past-which-includes-being-a-popular-composer-musician-culinary-expert/wcm/401d14f3-edd9-411a-b118-d847e64493df"></a><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/united-airlines-doctor-david-dao-drugs-gay-sex-court-documents-oscar-munoz-a7680221.html">The Independent:</a></p><blockquote><p>“Doctor dragged off United flight was felon who traded prescription drugs for secret gay sex with patient half his age and took them himself – and he needed anger management, was ‘not forthright’ and had control issues, psychiatrist found,”</p></blockquote><p><strong>Download Twisted History Podcast Today:</strong></p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/MePVeQx" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twisted-history/id1496845323"></a></div></div></div><p>Next episodes are potentially Mormons or Isolation. Sound off in the comments on future topics you want us to discuss.</p></body></html>

<p>(Cell Phone Video from Audra Bridges) </p><p><em>by Twisted History Producer John Kelly </em></p><p><strong>This Day In Twisted History: </strong><strong>April 9, 2017, Chicago O'Hare Airport </strong></p><p>David Dao Duy Anh, a Vietnamese-American passenger was forcibly dragged off United Flight 3411 despite having paid for his seat. He refused to give up because he is a doctor, and needed to see a patient the next day. </p><p>The next morning, United CEO Oscar Munoz issued a statement which appeared to justify the removal of Dao, referring to it as "re-accommodating the customers."</p><p>Later (after their stock dropped sharply) they backtracked and said: "No one should ever be mistreated this way."</p><p><img src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75" class="fr-fic fr-dib" srcset="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=320 320w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=480 480w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=640 640w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=750 750w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=828 828w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1080 1080w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1200 1200w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1920 1920w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=2048 2048w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2020/04/09/6b99f726.png?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=3840 3840w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="eager" style="aspect-ratio:1.0802377414561664;width:100%"></p><p><strong>Bonus Twisted History:</strong></p><p>In true internet hero fashion, David Dao was later outed for his questionable past. From <a href="https://torontosun.com/2017/04/13/united-passenger-david-dao-has-sordid-past-and-distant-past-which-includes-being-a-popular-composer-musician-culinary-expert/wcm/401d14f3-edd9-411a-b118-d847e64493df"></a><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/united-airlines-doctor-david-dao-drugs-gay-sex-court-documents-oscar-munoz-a7680221.html">The Independent:</a></p><blockquote><p>“Doctor dragged off United flight was felon who traded prescription drugs for secret gay sex with patient half his age and took them himself – and he needed anger management, was ‘not forthright’ and had control issues, psychiatrist found,”</p></blockquote><p><strong>Download Twisted History Podcast Today:</strong></p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/MePVeQx" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twisted-history/id1496845323"></a></div></div></div><p>Next episodes are potentially Mormons or Isolation. Sound off in the comments on future topics you want us to discuss.</p>

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