Still, the man complied and got dressed, Tornberg said, before he "made a beeline for the emergency door." Tornberg said he, assistant coach Gwynne Williams and Michael Burns, the team's vice president for player personnel, grabbed the man and forced him into a seat as a flight attendant ran to get restraints. The pilot diverted the flight to Will Rogers World Airport where the man was removed. "He was taken into custody by the Oklahoma City Police Department and taken to a crisis center for a mental evaluation," Johnson said. The passenger's name was not immediately released. Shortly before the incident, Tornberg said he saw the man, described as clean-cut and in his early 20s, crying and "talking a lot of gibberish." The soccer team was on its way to Southern California for a game on Sunday against Chivas USA at California...
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