TMZ recently nabbed some footage of Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, getting pretty upset with a Delta agent after missing his flight.
TMZ starts filming mid-altercation so it’s tough to tell exactly went on to make Mr. Aldrin miss his 9:25 flight out of LAX. What is clear is that it’s 9:20 and Buzz is still trying to get on board.
“I don’t want the next flight,” he says when the agent discusses his options. “Are you operating an airline here or what?… This is the most lousy operation I’ve ever seen,” he says at one point.
“I’m telling you, you guys are going to be in a little bit of trouble, because we’ve been sitting here now for 20 minutes waiting for someone to come and fix a two-minute problem,” says Mr. Aldrin.
Then he asks for names and seems to say — the audio on the recording isn’t clear — that he’s going to report both desk agents to “the president. I’m not kidding.” Exactly which president he means, we’re not sure.
The desk agent, for her part, seems to be doing her best to help out. She even, at one point, offers to let him speak to the tower agent to confirm that his 9:25 flight has indeed left the gate.
The video cuts out shortly after and resumes with a one-on-one with Buzz Aldrin where TMZ asks, “would you say that it was easier to go to the moon?”
Buzz seems exasperated by the question and responds instead by saying, “Look, my son worked for Delta, I know the people. I don’t want to say things like that.”
“Are they going to take care of you, or what?” asks TMZ
“A later flight,” says Buzz as he walks off camera.
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