A California veteran was apparently removed from a Delta Air Lines flight on Wednesday because of the shirt she was wearing.
U.S. Marine Corps veteran Catherine Banks was supposed to be on a flight out of San Francisco International Airport when a flight attendant got her attention, NBC Bay Area reported on Thursday.
Her T-shirt had the words, “Do not give in to the war within. End veteran suicide” printed on it. An image shows Banks:
According to the Daily Mail’s report on the incident, “The shirt Banks was wearing is sold by the Til Valhalla Project, a group that commemorates soldiers by raising money for families so that they can purchase memorial plaques that honor their loved ones.”
According to Banks, the male flight attendant told her she needed to exit the plane, which confused her.
Once she left the plane and was on the jet bridge, the flight attendant…
