SFO passenger deplaned from Delta flight due to T-shirt
As a Marine Corps veteran with 22 years of service under my belt, I never imagined that wearing a T-shirt with a positive message about ending veteran suicide could cause such a commotion. Yet, on a recent Delta Air Lines flight departing from San Francisco International Airport, I was forced to deplane and change my shirt because a flight attendant found it “threatening.” The shirt, adorned with the words “Do not give in to the war within” and “End veteran suicide,” was deemed offensive and posed a risk of annoyance to other passengers – a bewildering and unjustified judgment.
Despite my attempts to explain my service and the meaningful message behind the shirt, the flight attendant remained adamant that I change.… Continue reading
John Q. Hosedrinker