Pro-life state laws have saved an estimated 32‚000 babies’ lives‚ new research claims.   Since the June 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization returned decision-making on laws regulating abortion to the people and their elected representatives‚ aggregated data reveals increased fertility rates in states that have since outlawed or sharply restricted abortion.  The research was conducted by economists at the Georgia Institute of Technology and at Middlebury College in Vermont. The researchers compared birthrates between states that restrict and allow abortion. Dobbs “sparked the most profound transformation of abortion access in 50 years‚” according to the study‚ “The Effects of the Dobbs Decision on Fertility‚” published by the Institute of Labor Economics‚ a Germany-based nonprofit economic research network. “The results indicate that states with abortion bans experienced an average increase in births of 2.3 percent‚ relative to states where abortion was not restricted.”  The researchers estimated the effects of abortion bans on fertility rates using data from states with abortion bans in the first half of 2023. “These effects also vary substantially across ban states‚ with much larger effects observed in states that are bordered by other ban states and hence have long travel distances to reach facilities that remain open‚” according to the study.  Where distance to a state with legal abortion increased‚ the fertility rate was even higher. Texas‚ noted for its size‚ and bordering other states with abortion bans‚ saw a 5.1% increase in estimated births‚ the research showed.  As of Nov. 7‚ 14 states had banned abortion‚ with some exceptions for cases of rape or incest‚ or to preserve the life of the mother‚ and seven states have restricted it after a certain gestational age ranging from six to 18 weeks‚ The New York Times reported.   Alison Gemmill‚ assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore‚ told CNN that fertility rates “don’t typically change dramatically‚” so “the fact that there is a signal at the population level means that something’s really going on [with abortion bans].”  In their discussion‚ the researchers estimate that 20% to 25% of women seeking abortions “did not receive them due to bans.”  “We should celebrate these thousands of precious‚ irreplaceable lives who are with us today‚” Melanie Israel‚ policy analyst in the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life‚ Religion and Family of The Heritage Foundation‚ told The Daily Signal in a written statement. “Pro-life laws save lives‚ and policymakers at every level of government should continue building on the momentum to protect women and unborn children from the violence of abortion.” (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)  Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state.  The post Post-Dobbs US Birthrate Up 2.3%‚ Study Finds appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Maryland’s new commission to “prevent and respond to hate crime activity” has met only once‚ but one member already has been suspended—for comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. This incident seems to echo a trend: Many of those on the Left who rush to police “hate” often spread their own kind of hate. Zainab Chaudry‚ director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Maryland chapter and one of the commission’s first 10 members‚ described the Hamas terror attacks of Oct. 7 as an “uprising” and condemned the state of Israel as oppressive and worse. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown‚ a Democrat‚ last week suspended Chaudry from the newly launched Commission on Hate Crimes Response and Prevention. The Maryland Legislature passed HB 1066 in April and Gov. Wes Moore‚ a Democrat‚ signed it into law in May. The law established the Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention to prevent and respond to hate crimes and “evaluate state laws and policies relating to hate crimes.” “The commission has only met once‚ with its inaugural meeting on Sept. 6‚ 2023‚” Brown noted in a Nov. 21 press release. “Ms. Chaudry’s posts on her personal social media since Oct. 7‚ in these very early days of the commission‚ have challenged the commission’s ability to do its work.” Brown said he determined that Chaudry’s “social media posts risk disrupting the work and mission of the Commission‚” so he temporarily suspended her‚ assigned staff to write a values statement to protect the commission from similar scandals‚ and urged members of the panel to “exercise great care in their communications and conduct.” What led Brown to this conclusion? On Oct. 7‚ Hamas terrorists slaughtered about 1‚200 Israelis‚ including women and children‚ and took more than 240 hostages. Horrific videos of terrorists bragging about killing Jews hit social media. Hamas terrorists slaughtered parents in front of their children and children in front of their parents. They raped women before killing them and mutilating their bodies. Terrorists bragged about this in horrifying detail when questioned after the fact by Israel Defense Forces. On social media‚ Chaudry described these horrific events as “the uprising in Palestine‚” urging readers to “keep in mind that they are a people who are illegally occupied.” She added that “the thirst for freedom is an innate instinct we’re born with.” “Resistance is a reminder that it can’t be quenched through might and force‚” she wrote. Chaudry did not condemn the Hamas terrorists or lament the Israeli dead. Rather‚ she apparently praised the attacks in Israel as an “uprising” of freedom. Chaudry’s later posts echoed the same ideas. On Oct. 9‚ she compared “Palestinian freedom fighters” to “Ukrainian freedom fighters.” She also suggested that a focus on the Israeli victims of the terrorists amounted to centering “white pain” in “global consciences.” After appearing to celebrate the terrorist attacks that killed the most Jews in one day since the Holocaust in the 1940s‚ Chaudry compared the Jewish state to Germany’s Nazi regime during World War II that sought to eradicate Jews from the face of the Earth. She shared two photos of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin‚ Germany: a 1936 photo of a Nazi parade and a 2023 photo of the gate lit up in the blue and white of the Israeli flag. Chaudry posted the photos with the message: “That moment when you become what you hated most.” Chaudry has not shown remorse for these posts‚ which remain public on her Facebook page. The Council on American Islamic Relations has not condemned them either. Instead‚ it mobilized nearly 4‚000 petitioners to demand Chaudry’s reinstatement to Maryland’s hate crimes commission. “There is no conflict between condemning the Israeli government’s war crimes overseas and standing up against all forms of hate here at home‚ including antisemitism‚ Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism‚” Chaudry said in a formal statement after her suspension by Brown‚ the Free State’s attorney general. “False smears from anti-Palestinian and anti-Muslim extremists will not stop me from standing up for justice here and abroad.” Supporters wrote in a Nov. 22 letter to Brown that they “completely agree” with Chaudry’s quote. “As the only American Muslim on the Attorney General’s Hate Crimes Commission‚ Zainab Chaudry’s voice was critical in representing our community’s concerns to your office‚” the petitioners wrote. “Even a temporary suspension of her role is harmful and completely unjustified. Like Zainab‚ many members of the Maryland community have been critical of the Israel government’s horrific crimes against the Palestinian people.” Since last night‚ dozens of Maryland Muslim organizations and over 3‚800 petitioners have called on @OAGMaryland Anthony Brown to reverse his decision to temporarily suspend our MD director Dr. Zainab Chaudry from the Hate Crimes Commission under pressure from anti-Muslim &;… pic.twitter.com/eob0t9FFSL— CAIR National (@CAIRNational) November 22‚ 2023 Chaudry may disagree with Israel and condemn its actions‚ but in what world is it acceptable to compare the world’s only Jewish state with the genocidal regime that sought to eliminate all Jews? Rather than condemning Hamas for slaughtering women and children‚ she blamed Israel. She did not even acknowledge that Israel’s military takes key steps to minimize civilian casualties‚ while Hamas deliberately stages terrorist activities in civilian buildings such as hospitals to use civilians as human shields. Israel’s military objective‚ stated from the beginning‚ has been the eradication of Hamas’ military capabilities‚ to prevent another Oct. 7 pogrom. A Hamas terrorist infamously called his parents to brag‚ “Mom‚ Dad‚ I killed 10 Jews!” Israelis do not call their parents to brag‚ “Mom‚ Dad‚ I killed Palestinians.” Although Chaudry is correct that criticizing Israel is not ipso facto a form of antisemitism‚ this blatant double standard‚ and the extreme hyperbole of comparing Israel to the Nazis‚ is absolutely antisemitic. Yet the Left’s intersectional ideology gives Chaudry a smokescreen for her hatred. As Chaudry’s statement about “white pain” reveals‚ she considers Israelis part of the “white” oppressor class‚ putting the Jews—the No. 1 example of an oppressed people group throughout history—in the same category as the Nazis. The Marxist lens of analyzing every conflict along oppressor-versus-oppressed lines leads her to moral insanity‚ a moral insanity that inspires hatred. This moral insanity reminds me of the perverse accusations of the Southern Poverty Law Center. As I wrote in my book “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center‚” the SPLC began as a noble civil rights nonprofit‚ helping poor people in the South. It later expanded its operations to suing truly hateful groups such as the Ku Klux Klan into bankruptcy‚ and then expanded that effort to “monitor” conservative groups as if they were themselves hateful. Now‚ religious freedom groups such as Alliance Defending Freedom‚ the American Freedom Law Center‚ and the Family Research Council find themselves on the SPLC’s “hate group” list alongside Klan chapters and plotted on a map with neo-Nazis. Groups that call for the enforcement of immigration law‚ such as the Center for Immigration Studies and the Dustin Inman Society‚ find themselves on the same map. So do parental rights groups such as Moms for Liberty and Parents Defending Education. In the name of fighting hate‚ the SPLC has inspired hate—and even terrorism. In 2012‚ a man used the SPLC “hate map” to target the Family Research Council for a mass shooting. After a brave security guard foiled his plan‚ the gunman confessed to the FBI that he planned to slaughter everyone in the building. Amid a racial discrimination and sexual harassment scandal in 2019‚ a former SPLC employee revealed that the organization’s “hate” accusations are a “highly profitable scam‚” but that hasn’t stopped government agencies from relying upon those accusations. The FBI infamously used the SPLC to target “radical-traditional Catholics” in a since-rescinded January memo. In 2019‚ Michigan’s Democratic attorney general‚ Dana Nessel‚ announced a hate crimes unit “to fight against hate crimes and the many hate groups … in our state.” Her announcement cited the SPLC hate map and highlighted an area of the state that includes the headquarters of the Judeo-Christian group American Freedom Law Center. The American Freedom Law Center sued Nessel‚ carguing that the announcement violated the group’s rights to free speech under the First Amendment. The center‚ a nonprofit public interest law firm‚ principally defends the First Amendment rights of conservative Christians and Jews. Robert Muise‚ the center’s co-founder‚ recounted how the SPLC attacked him. “I was on active duty in the Marine Corps for 13 years as an officer. I’m a father of 12 and a devout Catholic‚” Muise told me in 2019. “They had me listed as an antisemite when my co-founder is a yarmulke-wearing Orthodox Jew!” Much of the Left’s “hate” monitoring boils down to an excuse to demonize conservatives and exclude them from the conversation. This ideological policing often seems to miss antisemitism when it doesn’t outright enable it. Many civil rights commissions and hate crimes commissions are slanted heavily to the Left‚ leading to perverse outcomes. Jack Phillips‚ the Christian baker who refused to create a custom cake to celebrate a same-sex wedding‚ found himself prosecuted by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Phillips won his case because members of that commission had demonstrated hostility toward Phillips’ faith. The Maryland hate crimes commission shows a clear leftward tilt. It includes left-leaning organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League‚ the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People‚ and the Pride Coalition of Maryland‚ but not any right-leaning organization. The Council on American-Islamic Relations‚ Chaudry’s organization‚ has worked with the SPLC to urge charitable institutions to blacklist “Anti-Muslim hate groups‚” including the American Freedom Law Center. Until hate crime commissions start including conservative members‚ conservatives rightly will view these efforts with skepticism. Brown not only should refuse to reinstate Chaudry‚ but also take the opportunity of the vacancy to find a conservative voice for the commission. AG-Brown-Suspends-ChaudryDownload Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. 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What is going on aboard our passenger airplanes?! WLTR recently reported on the Southwest Airlines incident where a man jumped out of the emergency exit in an attempt to steal an airport service truck. Where he hoped to go‚ nobody knows. We also reported on the possessed woman and the guy who attempted to open the door to an airplane mid-flight. I won’t keep going‚ but I could go on and on. The most recent incident occurred aboard a Frontier Airlines flight when a woman pulled her pants down and threatened to pee in the aisle. This happened following an altercation between her and the flight attendant‚ who told her that she couldn’t use the plane’s bathroom at that time. Watch the moment it happened below: A woman on a #FrontierAirlines flight HORRIFIED passengers after she did this! https://t.co/yDESktfoJ6 pic.twitter.com/qGaDaPg0vB — TMZ (@TMZ) November 27‚ 2023 A Frontier Airlines passenger wasn’t taking no for an answer and instead of waiting to use the bathroom when told to do so by a flight attendant‚ she pulled her pants down and threatened to pee in the aisle Watch: https://t.co/LBReA7zmkZ pic.twitter.com/xh4DCUsg2Z — OutKick (@Outkick) November 25‚ 2023 The New York Post also chronicled the incident: At one point‚ the person behind the camera recording the confrontation can be heard saying “That poor boy next to us” — seemingly referring to the young boy across the aisle who was afforded a graphic view of the woman’s display. The woman also continued fighting with several passengers toward the back of the plane‚ though it is unclear if she was traveling with them‚ a second‚ longer video showed. RedWave Press reports: “The woman can be heard saying‚ “𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲‚ 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲‚” before she relieved herself in the aisle. Passengers then started to protest against her‚ and she can be heard saying‚ “𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐟–𝐤‚ 𝐅–𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐠𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐞!” 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Earlier this week‚ a passenger on a Frontier Airlines flight traveling from Florida to Philadelphia‚ pulled down her pants in the middle of the aisle to relieve herself. The incident reportedly occurred after a flight attendant told her… pic.twitter.com/ghwpMoOgvh — RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) November 24‚ 2023 Daily Mail shared one passenger’s account of the incident: In a Facebook post explaining the incident – Julie Hartman said: ‘Matthew Hartman and I had the most awful experience flying home from Florida this afternoon. ‘A passenger was upset that she was required to sit in her assignned seat and decided to pull her pants down on the plane right in front of two children. ‘I literately had a front row seat to the spectacle. She threatened to kill another passenger‚’ the fellow flyer claimed. ‘She threatened me after I told her to sit down‚’ Hartman said – although this wasn’t captured in the video. ‘I hope she was arrested and banned from flying again.’ RELATED: Have you noticed these seem to be happening about once a day now? Why? What is going on? WATCH: Absolute Chaos Ensues Aboard Southwest Airlines Flight Why do things like this keep happening? On Sunday‚ a man was apprehended by airport security for jumping out of the emergency hatch of Southwest Airlines flight 3172 and attempting to steal one of the service trucks parked on the tarmac. He didn’t get very far and not much is known about why he did what he did. It seems completely bizarre to me. Where did he hope to go? What was he trying to accomplish? Surely he could not have gotten very far in this airport service truck. The suspect has yet to be named‚ though passengers aboard the airplane captured the ensuing chaos aboard the plane after the man jumped. Rawsalerts provided the video: #WATCH: As Passengers Panic After Man Jumps Out of Emergency Exit on Southwest Airlines Flight and Attempts to Hijack Airport Vehicle. #NewOrleans | #Louisiana A passenger aboard Boeing 737 MAX 8 Southwest Airlines flight 3172 from New Orleans to Atlanta caused major panic… pic.twitter.com/NYMbAmBb5b — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) November 27‚ 2023 Newsweek had more on the story: According to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office (JPSO)‚ who arrested the man‚ the Southwest Airlines plane was still parked at the terminal and had not yet initiated the run up for take-off when the passenger made their dangerous escape. Multiple outlets also provided coverage of the bizarre incident that disrupted Southwest Airlines flight 3172: Chaos on Southwest Airlines: Passenger Opens Emergency Exit‚ Jumps Out‚ and Tries to Hijack Airport Vehicle (VIDEO) via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/KYMxHfKzqj — The Gateway Pundit (@gatewaypundit) November 27‚ 2023 Southwest Passenger Jumps Out of Plane’s Emergency Exithttps://t.co/4LpXxgJQGX — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) November 27‚ 2023 Southwest Airlines passenger opens plane’s emergency door‚ jumps onto wing https://t.co/sszLUdrNZH — Boston 25 News (@boston25) November 27‚ 2023 NBC News provided this brief statement from Southwest: “We commend our flight and ground crews for their swift action and apologize to our customers for their inconvenience.” RELATED: Woman On Meth Attempts To Open Plane Emergency Door In The Middle Of 15 Hour Flight This shouldn’t have to be said‚ but never fly on a plane while on meth… A 26-year-old woman found this fact out the hard way while on a plane flying from New York to South Korea on Thanksgiving day. During a 15-hour flight‚ the woman attempted to open the emergency door while the plane was over the Pacific ocean. She was arrested by the Incheon International Airport Police Corps. From there‚ she tested positive for meth during a drug screening. Passengers say the woman became very anxious roughly 10 hours into the flight before attempting to open the door. Woman on meth tries to open emergency door to plane 10 hours into Korean Air flight https://t.co/gGsyVj22zj pic.twitter.com/aLrYcCXWzH — New York Post (@nypost) November 25‚ 2023 Here’s the New York Post with More on this bizarre story: A meth-addled plane passenger tried to open the emergency door as the flight soared over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday‚ according to local reports. The 26-year-old woman was arrested by the Incheon International Airport Police Corps after trying to yank open the door of the Korean Air flight traveling to Incheon‚ a South Korean city bordering Seoul‚ Yonhap News Agency reported. The plane had been nearing the end of its 15-hour flight from New York that had departed at 2 a.m. the previous day. Witnesses told police she had begun showing signs of anxiety about 10 hours into the flight and tried to rip the door open several times before she was finally restrained by flight attendants. Passenger on meth tries to rip plane door open 10 hours into NY flight bound for South Korea https://t.co/4K9ZL4kcBC — The Messenger (@TheMessenger) November 25‚ 2023 Woman on meth arrested for trying to open plane door during Korean Air flight https://t.co/tVGThzu1pS — ST Foreign Desk (@STForeignDesk) November 24‚ 2023 Woman on meth tries to open emergency exit door after showing signs of anxiety https://t.co/03dayf94OF — FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) November 25‚ 2023 Here’s more from Fox Business: Before attempting to open the emergency exit door‚ the woman reportedly began showing signs of anxiety nearly 10 hours into the overseas flight‚ according to Yonhap News Agency. The woman doesn’t have a history of mental illness and entered South Korea after a six-month stay in New York. According to the report‚ individuals who try to open an emergency exit door may face 10 years in prison‚ and may also face 10 years in prison or a fine of over $76‚000 for the drug charges. Does anyone truly feel comfortable flying anymore?.. Just say no people. — Woke Whisperer (@Woke_Whisperer) November 25‚ 2023 She wasn’t satisfied with a cruising altitude of 35‚000 feet — Eliza Johnson (@elizjohns13) November 25‚ 2023 Flight incidents highlight crucial airline security and passenger concerns. — The Cricket Fanatic (@thsportsfanatic) November 25‚ 2023 The meth heads can afford plane tickets‚ but I can’t?!?!?! — The Rich Men North of Richmond Suck (@300werebrave) November 25‚ 2023 Why do these things keep happening recently? I don’t recall this the past 20 years…. But now it’s every week? ANOTHER Airline Passenger Freaks Out: ‘She’s possessed! She needs help!’ What is going on here? Why are so many people having absolute freak out meltdowns on airplanes and in airports? I get it‚ it’s not exactly the best place to spend time… Hostile environments… Hostile employees… But it’s been like that for a while‚ why are we suddenly seeing a bunch of these freak out sessions? I’m not entirely sure but here’s the latest. Watch here: “She’s possessed!” Passenger freaks out during Frontier Airlines flight‚ another passenger accuses her of being possessed. pic.twitter.com/TTXhvkqR4k — Mike Sington (@MikeSington) November 21‚ 2023 Backup here: NEW: “Possessed” woman starts screaming and climbing over seats on a Frontier Airlines flight‚ claiming she was kidnapped. After the situation briefly calmed down‚ one woman got up and declared that the woman was “possessed” and started singing gospel music. “Stop blocking me!… pic.twitter.com/5yfo95h69h — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 21‚ 2023 The Blaze actually reports it was THREE separate women: ‘That’s not her‚ she’s possessed!’ 3 different women meltdown on alleged Frontier Airlines flight from hell Multiple women allegedly interrupted a recent flight with screaming‚ singing‚ and even crawling over seats causing claims of demonic possession. A three-hour flight from Houston‚ Texas‚ to Denver‚ Colorado‚ was delayed by three hours — including a stop in Dallas‚ Texas — after multiple women interrupted a flight‚ stemming from one woman’s apprehension. Video of the incident titled “My little sister’s first experience flying by her self on Frontier” purportedly took place on a Frontier Airlines flight. It began with a woman‚ already being subdued by security‚ screaming desperately for the guards to let go of her arm. After about a minute of the woman crying while she was taken to the front of the plane‚ the video cut to a man arguing with security from his seat. At the same time‚ the previously apprehended woman began an attempted escape to toward the back of the plane‚ crawling and falling over three sets of seats and passengers. Soon thereafter‚ a second woman appeared toward the back of the plane and began yelling in apparent objection to the first woman who caused the alleged delay. “Straight Texas style! … [I’m going to] beat your ass!” the woman in sunglasses and a bandana screamed. Not 45 seconds later‚ a third woman emerged in the aisle and attempted to explain to her fellow passengers what was happening. “This is not happening for no reason. This is actual evidence that there is a real devil that wants to kill each and every one of y’all including your family members‚” she explained. “That’s not her‚ she’s possessed! She needs help!” the woman wearing the inside-out beanie declared. “I’m only telling y’all because all hell is about to break lose and you’re getting the evidence of it‚” she continued before moving toward the front of the plane. Once at the front‚ the woman turned around and began singing to the detained woman as the situation escalated. The bandana-wearing woman soon spouted off more comments toward the woman allegedly causing a delay: “Ain’t nobody playing with you‚ girl!” “I’ll be crazy right along with you. You’re doing all that crying? I ain’t playing with you!” she continued. Watch the full incident here: Just a case of some edible marijuana gone wrong? Hmmmm‚ I don’t know: She’s probably not “possessed”‚ she was probably told an “marijuana edible” would calm her down for the flight‚ instead‚ it caused a psychotic break which puts everyone on the plane at risk. https://t.co/pFfeLJX0dR — Aubree Adams (@AubreeAdams4) November 22‚ 2023 RELATED: Off-Duty Pilot Attempts To Shut Down Plane Engine – Facing 83 Counts of Attempted Murder An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot was apprehended after attempting to shut down an airplane engine midflight. The pilot faces up to 83 felony counts of attempted murder. The off-duty pilot was sitting in the jump seat up in the cockpit‚ resulting in a severe risk to the safety of the entire plane. Luckily‚ the suspect was subdued‚ and the plane could land safely in Portland. BREAKING REPORT: Off-Duty Alaska Airlines pilot faces Multiple counts of ATTEMPTED MURDER and 83 counts of reckless endangerment after trying to “SHUT DOWN JET’S ENGINES” mid-flight while seated in cockpit jump seat.. Joseph David Emerson‚ 44‚ is charged with numerous counts of… pic.twitter.com/Jh6OtmWdW4 — Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) October 23‚ 2023 NBC News shares more details on the story: An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot has been charged with over 80 counts of attempted murder after he allegedly attempted to shut off a plane’s engines midflight on Sunday‚ causing the flight to divert to Portland. Flight 2059 took off from Everett‚ Washington‚ and was bound for San Francisco‚ Alaska Airlines said in a statement. It was operated by Alaska Airlines subsidiary Horizon Air‚ but was diverted due to a “credible security” threat linked to a person in the cockpit’s flight deck jump seat. “The jump seat occupant unsuccessfully attempted to disrupt the operation of the engines‚” the airline said. “The Horizon Captain and First Officer quickly responded‚ engine power was not lost and the crew secured the aircraft without incident.” The flight crew followed “appropriate FAA procedures and guidance from air traffic control” in landing at Portland International Airport. The flight took off just before 5:30 p.m. local time and landed about an hour later in Portland‚ according to FlightAware data. Everyone aboard the flight is lucky that nothing more happened. Reports show that the suspect had ample chance and opportunity to damage the plane seriously. Off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot‚ 44‚ ‘tried to shut down jet’s ENGINES in mid-air while riding in cockpit jump seat‚’ forcing plane to divert: Charged with EIGHTY-THREE counts of attempted murderJoseph David Emerson‚ 44‚ faces charges along with an additional 83 counts of… — Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) October 23‚ 2023 CNN shares more on the story: Emerson is the off-duty pilot who is accused of trying to seize control of the flight‚ a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The airline Emerson works for wasn’t immediately known. The plane took off from Seattle Paine Field International Airport and was diverted to Portland International Airport because of the “credible security threat‚” the airline said in a statement Monday. “We’ve got the guy that tried to shut the engines down out of the cockpit‚ and he doesn’t sound like he’s causing any issues in the back right now‚” the pilot told Seattle-area air traffic controllers‚ according to audio recorded by LiveATC.net. “I think he’s subdued. Other than that‚ we want law enforcement as soon as we get on the ground and are parked.” I’m interested to know why this maniac tried to down an entire plane. Was he insane? Domestic terrorism? We’ll have to wait for the FBI and police to obtain more information. We’ll keep you updated on any developments in the story. And of course who could forget this? She’s now trying to walk it back‚ but are you buying that? “Crazy Plane Lady” Reveals EXACTLY What She Saw On That Plane… Tiffany Gomas‚ the “crazy plane lady‚” appeared on Barstool Sports’ “Pardon My Take‚” where she finally tells what she saw on that plane. Watch the clip here: Crazy plane lady‚ Tiffany Gomas‚ REVEALS what she SAW! pic.twitter.com/VYt788eFyS — DramaAlert (@DramaAlert) November 3‚ 2023 So the story given is that she got into some altercation with the person next to her‚ which prompted her to respond‚ “That motherf***** is not real.” Check out the original video here: ‘That guy is not real’: Astonishing moment distressed woman has meltdown on plane over ‘imaginary’ passenger and demands to be let off A woman was filmed in distress aboard an American Airlines flight in Dallas The clip was shared on TikTok on Sunday and has been pic.twitter.com/PL4nVhmGNM — MassiVeMaC (@SchengenStory) July 4‚ 2023 The folks at Fox News share more on the story: The clip of the incident that took the internet by storm this summer depicted a distraught Gomas walking down the center aisle of the plane before turning to flight attendants and other passengers and stating‚ “I don’t give two f—s‚ but I am telling you right now‚ that motherf—–  back there is not real.” She took to social media in August to apologize for the outburst. But the cryptic quote from Gomas had gone unexplained until now‚ prompting many on social media to speculate for months about what she really saw‚ with theories spanning from the mundane to the paranormal. Finally‚ on Friday‚ the Dallas marketing executive told podcast co-hosts “Big Cat” &; “PFT Commenter” she was reacting to an argument with another passenger and hadn’t revealed the truth for months because she found the situation “cringe” and “mortifying.” “You know‚ the reason I probably haven’t come out yet‚ ’cause it’s like so cringe – I did not see anything‚” she said. Gomas continued‚ “So I got in a bit of an altercation. It spiraled out of control. It was not my best moment. I mean‚ it was actually a horrible moment. It’s absolutely mortifying.” What do you guys think? I don’t buy the story. Something seems off. Going back and watching the original‚ it doesn’t seem like she is referring to some altercation. And why did it take so long for her to come out with it? Would it not have been better for her to say she got upset at someone rather than letting rumors circulate for months that she saw a ghost‚ alien‚ or lizard person? It’s still fishy. And let’s assume that she is telling the truth about what happened. How can someone be so selfish as to delay a flight because the ‘energy was bad?’ At least some people are still having fun with the story. Tiffany Gomas held a Halloween contest to see who could pull off her look the best. Check it out here: Halloween 2023 • The Crazy Plane Lady‚ Who Wore it Best? pic.twitter.com/rTiVlvftTK — @amuse (@amuse) October 30‚ 2023 Halloween 2023… pic.twitter.com/0jCnAf1BjC — @amuse (@amuse) October 30‚ 2023