THE OFFICERS INVOLVED. TOM COSTELLO IS ON THE STORY,
HAS BEEN FROM THE START. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
>> Reporter: A REMINDER THAT THE SECURITY OFFICERS WERE NOT
POLICE OFFICERS. THEY WERE WEARING JACKETS THAT
SAID POLICE. DR. DAO STRUCK HIS FACE ON AN
ARM RACE WHEN HE WAS BEING, QUOTE, ESCORTED OFF THE PLANE.
ANOTHER OFFICER SAID DAO HAD BECOME VIOLENT.
THIS MORNING, NBC NEWS HAS OBTAINED SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM
THE UNITED AIRLINES GATE IN CHICAGO THAT APPEARS TO SHOW
DR. DAVID DAO BOARDING HIS FLIGHTS TO LOUISVILLE TWO WEEKS
AGO. AND THE RADIO CALL SENDING
SECURITY OFFICERS TO DR. DAO'S PLANE WHEN HE REFUSED TO GIVE UP
HIS SEAT FOR AIRLINE EMPLOYEES. >> WERE THEY DRINKING OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT? >> NO.
SOMETHING WITH AN OVERSOLD AND INVOLUNTEER.
>> YOU BOOKED THE FLIGHT. THIS IS A DEPARTING FLIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: THE CAMERA CATCHES DR. DAO'S WIFE RUNNING OFF OF
THE PLANE AND RUNNING BACK ON. AN AMBULANCE ARRIVES AND
PASSENGERS GET OFF AND BACK ON. ONBOARD, DAO'S ATTORNEY SAYS HE
SUFFERED A CONCUSSION, BROKEN NEWS, TWO BROKEN TEETH AND SINUS
INJURIES WHEN SECURITY OFFICERS PULLED HIM FROM HIS SEAT.
>> OH, MY GOD. LOOK WHAT YOU DID TO HIM.
>> Reporter: THREE OFFICERS INVOLVED FILED INCIDENT REPORTS
WITH THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, WRITING THEY WERE
UNDER DURESS BECAUSE THEY FEARED LOSING THEIR JOBS IF THEY
DIDN'T. THEY WERE LATER PUT ON LEAVE.
THE SECURITY OFFICER WHO GRABBED DR. DAO, JAMES LONG, REPORTED
THAT DAO REFUSED TO LEAVE AND HOLDED HIS ARMS TIGHTLY.
BUT WHEN HE GRABBED HIM, HE STARTED TO SWING HIS ARMS,
FLAILING AND FIGHTING. HIS ATTORNEY CALLS THAT UTTER
NONSENSE.
WAS DR. DAO A THREAT? >> NO.
HE'S A PUSSY CAT. THERE'S NOTHING HE DID THAT
SHOULD HAVE CAUSED UNITED TO BRING IN, YOU KNOW, THE STORM
TROOPERS THAT CAME IN. >> I'M NOT GOING.
I'M NOT GOING. >> Reporter: VIDEO REVIEWED BY
NBC NEWS, SHOWS DR. DAO ADAMANT HE WOULD NOT GIVE UP HIS SEAT
BECAUSE HE HAD PATIENTS TO SEE THE NEXT MORNING.
BUT HE WAS NOT VIOLENT. WE'VE LEARNED OF A FOURTH
SECURITY OFFICER WHO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE, A SERGEANT.
HE WAS PUT ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE TEN DAYS AFTER THE
INCIDENT. THE NEW DOCUMENTS REVEAL THAT
OFFICER LONG HAD BEEN SUSPENDED JUST WEEKS EARLIER FOR A
SEPARATE INCIDENT OF INSUBORDINATION.
AFTER BLAMING DR. DAO, UNITED HAS APOLOGIZED.
SAYING OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS REVIEWING OUR POLICIES AND
MAKING THIS RIGHT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS
DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. WHAT'S APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION
FOR DR. DAO? >> I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL. >> Reporter: TENS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS? >> I DON'T KNOW.
I REALLY DON'T. >> Reporter: ATTORNEY DEMITRO
SAID HE WAS RECOVERING FROM HIS PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL INJURIES.
AND WE REACHED OUT TO THE FOUR OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE CHICAGO
DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, WHICH DECLINED TO COMMENT.
LAST WEEK, THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION ISSUED A
MEMO, TELLING ITS SECURITY OFFICERS TO REVIEW POLICIES ON
USE OF FORCE AND TO COMPLY WITH THOSE
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