A fleet of police cars was waiting when they arrived. Abcs david kerley with the details. Reporter the southweststet was only 1 1minutes into its flight when the pipit calls the a. Tower. Hey, flight a aendant just cacaed. Evidently we got two passengers that are in a a ysical altercation, so we need to get turned around and back to l. A. Flight 2010, declare agajs. Reporter inside the jet, an escalativg situation according to southwest. A fight between two passengers. Those on board say it was all about a reclining seat. A woman reported she was choked by the man behind her, apparently after putting her seat back. The lady who got hit was talking about it. She said, he hit me in my head, he choked me. Reporter police and the fbi were there. And the man, who was never restrained, walked off the plane taken into custody with officers talking to the alleged victim. You have to press charges. Yeah. Youre going to regret that. What do i do . Im going to stay here all night . Because hes im
Reporter just weeks into the fall football season, mattheus is now the sixth player to die. Although its not yet confirmed his death is football related. Since 2005, the deaths of 36 High School Football players have been attributed to on field injuries. Two weeks ago, 17yearold kenny bui died days after sustaining a head injury in a game in seattle. An autopsy concluded he died of blunt force trauma. Catastrophic head injuries occur much more frequently at the high school level. One theory why few high schools have the sideline medical staff that college and pro teams do. Theyre still not getting the same medical care that the average College Player is getting. Reporter with two more months of High School Football, to play, the concern the likelihood there will only be more injured. Ron claiborne, abc news, new york. Sad trend continuing there. Oscar pistorius set to be released o parole from a prison the track star will have served one year of what was a fiveyear sentence for killing
The Football Team dealt the final blow. And now, new steps are in plans, including to hire a diversity officer. We get the test. Repter the students cheering the resignation of the president tim wolf. Its about getting equal rights. Reporter wolf, announcing he is stepping down. We got frustrated with each other. And thats why i stand before you today. And i take full responsibility for this frustration. And i take full responsibility for the inaction. Reporter his decision following student protests, including Jonathan Butler, who went on a weeklong Hunger Strike. Please start focusing on the fact that the mizzou Hunger Strike itself. Look anothert why did we have to get there. 30 Football Players and the coach refusing to take the field until wolfe resigned. Oblems. Ththgood news isis were g gng to fix them. Reporter wolfe had come under fire for his alleged mishandling of a series of incidents on campus. Including a student being called the n word and a swastika on a dorm wall. Tens
Second in line to the presidency. Now possibly headed to prison. Were talking about former speaker of the house Dennis Hastert. Hes agreed on a plea deal in a criminal hush m case linked to sexual misconduct. Brian roz has details. Reporter the decision today by 73yearold Dennis Hastert to plead guilty means there will be no trial, and none of his dark secrets will be exposed in open court. Mr. Speaker. Reporter but in exchange, the former speaker of the house, once second in line to the presidency, may spend time in prison, the first speaker ever to do so. The charges against hastert grow out of his role as a popular Illinois High School wrestling coach in the 1970s. Authorities say hastert sexually abused several teenage boys on the team, and then a few years ago, began to pay one of them more than 1 million in hush money to keep quiet. These boys were 14, 15, 16 years old. Reporter Jolene Burdge told abc news her late brother, steven reinboldt, was one of hasterts victims, something
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