'I just cried': Kentucky doctor forcibly removed from United Airlines flight speaks out

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The Kentucky doctor forcibly dragged off a United Airlines flight in 2017 says the incident has had a lasting impact on his physical and mental health.

dragged him off the plane. Passengers on the Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky, flight recorded a bloodied Dao being violently removed from his seat., told ABC News that after he hit his head on the plane’s low ceiling, the rest of the encounter is blurry."After that, to be honest, I don’t know what happened," he said.significant concussion, missing teeth, and a broken nose

. Dao told ABC News recovery was"horrible," saying he had to learn to walk again and was put on suicide watch. Before the incident, Dao said he had run upwards of 20 marathons. Now, he struggles to run just three miles, and has difficulties with balance and concentration. Attorneys Thomas Demetrio and Stephen Golan hold a press conference with Crystal Dao Pepper, the daughter of Dr. David Dao, on April 13, 2017 in Chicago.Despite the painful and traumatizing ordeal, Dao said he doesn’t regret refusing to leave the seat because it caused United to review its policy, something Dao said made the incident “positive.”After the incident, United Airlines originally characterized Dao asThe airline then reversed course.

"We breached public trust, and it's a serious breach, and we are profoundly sorry for that" Munoz said in 2017.

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