Michael Rapaport stops passenger opening plane emergency exit mid-flight

Actor Michael Rapaport is being hailed hero after stopping a passenger from opening an emergency exit window on an American Airlines plane over the weekend.

The 48-year-old actor was flying from Los Angles to Houston on Saturday morning when a fellow passenger got out of his seat, walked to the front of the plane, and started to try and open the emergency exit.

Fox Sports director Ted Kenney, a passenger on the flight who was tweeting the experience, noted that Rapaport "just stopped a guy on our plane from opening emergency door. No joke. Mr New York jump right up and stopped it, no hesitation."
Kenney said Rapaport shot up out of his seat and rushed to the area between the bulkhead and the bathroom and yelled "'what the f**k are you doing?"
"I get to the bulkhead and Michael has this guy by the collar and manhandling him away from the emergency exit door. Michael tells us he was trying to open the door. Crew and staff where all in the back of the plane so nobody was looking out for our safety except Mr New York," he added
In the latest episode of "I Am Rapaport: Stereo Podcast", the actor said the man "wasn't, like, resisting me, but he kept going at the door."