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El piloto de una aerolínea comercial acusado de casi matar a decenas de pasajeros habló por primera vez del incidente, diciendo que creía que iba a poder salir de su aterrador estado alucinógeno si destruía el avión.

Joseph Emerson fue entrevistado por el New York Times el viernes, desde la cárcel de Multnomah, en Portland, donde le dijo a un reportero: "Pensé que se pararían los dos motores, que el avión se dirigiría hacia un accidente y yo me despertaría".

Emerson fue detenido el 22 de octubre, luego del extraño incidente en un vuelo que iba desde el estado de Washington a San Francisco. Fue acusado de 83 cargos de intento de asesinato, uno por cada pasajero, y actualmente se encuentra detenido sin fianza.

Según contó a The Times, su pesadilla comenzó dos días antes cuando consumió hongos mágicos con unos amigos mientras recordaba a otro compañero que había fallecido en 2018.

Dijo que la muerte tuvo un impacto traumático en su vida, que cayó en un profundo hoyo y que buscó ayuda de terapeutas para hacer frente a la pérdida.

Hasta el 22 de octubre, dijo que seguía automedicándose e ingiriendo hongos con sus amigos. También creía que estos se burlaban de él y planeaban hacerle daño.

Declaró que lo invadieron sentimientos de miedo y temor de camino al aeropuerto, y al momento de embarcar el vuelo de una hora hacia San Francisco. En este iba como pasajero, no como piloto, ya que no estaba de servicio en ese momento.

Antes de que se cerraran las puertas del avión, Emerson dijo que le envió un mensaje de texto a un amigo, diciéndole que estaba teniendo un ataque de pánico.

Después de que el vuelo despegó, se volvió completamente loco, gritando: "No estoy bien", antes de activar las dos manijas de supresión de incendios del avión.

Según un informe policial, los pilotos que manejaban el avión agarraron las muñecas de Emerson y lo apartaron del panel de control para que no pudiera cortar el suministro de combustible ni apagar los motores.

El informe dice que Emerson gritó entonces: "¡Tienen que esposarme ahora mismo o esto va a ir mal!". Al parecer, también bebió café de una de las cafeteras, intentó abrir la puerta de emergencia y exigió saber si todo lo que estaba pasando era real.

Desde luego lo era porque Emerson fue detenido después de que el avión realizara un aterrizaje de emergencia. Para colmo, supuestamente se quitó la ropa, intentó tirarse por una ventana, se orinó encima y se masturbó.

The commercial airline pilot charged with nearly killing dozens of passengers is speaking out for first time, believing he could have snapped out of his terrifying hallucinogenic state if he destroyed the plane.

Joseph Emerson was interviewed Friday by the New York Times in Portland's Multnomah County Jail, telling a reporter, “I thought it would stop both engines, the plane would start to head towards a crash, and I would wake up."

Emerson was arrested for the bizarre October 22 incident aboard a flight from Washington state to San Francisco. He was charged with 83 counts of attempted murder -- one for each passenger -- and is currently being held without bond.

He told The Times his nightmare began two days earlier when he consumed magic mushrooms with friends while reminiscing about another buddy who had passed away in 2018.

He said the death had a traumatic impact on his life, falling into a deep funk and seeking out therapists to cope with the loss.

Fast forward to Oct. 22. Emerson said he was continuing to self-medicate and ingest the 'shrooms with his friends, who he thought were mocking him and scheming to harm him.

He said feelings of fear and dread washed over him on his way to the airport, boarding the one-hour flight to San Francisco as a passenger -- not a pilot -- since he was off duty at the time.

Before the doors closed on the plane, Emerson said he texted a friend, claiming he was having a panic attack.

After the flight took off, Emerson said he went completely nuts, screaming, "I'm not OK," before activating the plane's two fire-suppression handles.

According to a police report, the pilots flying the plane grabbed Emerson's wrists and ripped him away from the control panel so he couldn't cut the fuel supply or shut down the engines.

The report says Emerson then yelled, “You need to cuff me right now, or it’s going to be bad!" He also allegedly guzzled coffee from a pot, tried to open the emergency door and demanded to know if all this was real.

It certainly was because Emerson was arrested after the plane made an emergency landing. To top everything off, Emerson allegedly took off his clothes, attempted to dive out a window, peed on himself and masturbated.

Bill Maher launched on public schools Friday night, and it's hard to argue with the premise ... public schools are failing -- failing students AND teachers -- and maybe the "old" way of running schools should be revisited.

The 'Real Time' host laid out the problem with some pretty graphic video ... and it's hard to argue that the inmates are not running the asylum. Video after video shows teachers being beaten, kicked and attacked in various other ways. One in 7 teachers has been the victim of some form of physical violence at the hands of their students.

BM blames a lot of that on parents, who used to have teachers' backs ... now their kids can do no wrong.

On a hilarious note, Bill notes 20 years ago kids looked like Britney Spears in that famous music video. Today, they look more like Brit dancing with knives.

And speaking of celebs, Maher is incredulous people like LeBron, George Clooney, Kanye and others have opened their own schools ... as in why does that make the school attractive to parents?

Blueface was roasted online for proudly showing off his new fiancée Jaidyn Alexis' home cooking ... which had culinary critics mocking the millionaire for eating like he was "living paycheck to paycheck."

Digging into homemade pasta topped with cheese singles and a basic side shredded salad, the rapper likely didn't expect to be dragged by online foodies ... who schooled him on shredded cheese and real, non-plastic plates for a more indulgent dining experience.

The salad wasn't let off the hook either, as one person likened it to old pencil shavings -- while others simply encouraged Blueface to "throw away the whole stove and whatever else she used to make this concoction." Ouch.

In one statement that hit a little close to home ... someone wrote, "I see why he cheats," in reference to his turbulent relationship with ex-Chrisean Rock.

Elsewhere, the home cooking was branded as "prison food," ... which Blueface may get all too familiar with if he breaks the terms of his 3-year probation for a Vegas shooting.

Kmart Australia stepped on a bag of s**t, after touting a bag used to keep Christmas ham fresh in the fridge -- a bag with the inscription, "Merry Ham-Mas."

Pretty obvious ... after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the colorful bag which once was just a trapping of XMAS now has another meaning ... one that has enraged some Jewish groups.

The Australian Jewish Association made its feelings clear, posting a pic of the bag with the caption, "K-MART STUFF-UP! Check out the special Christmas bag currently available via K-Mart online. Yes, it's real!!  Although this is potentially funny (the AJA committee has tossed around some non-PC jokes) it's really not a good look.  We suspect some product manager may cause the company some embarrassment.  So we've politely written to Wesfarmers corporate suggesting the product be pulled."

Well, Kmart heard them loud and clear, because an hour later Kmart yanked the item from its site.

Los científicos están celebrando un descubrimiento notable. El Equidna de Attenborough que se pensaba extinto, no lo estaba después de todo, ¡¡¡porque fue capturado en una maldita cámara!!!

Echa un vistazo al rarísimo hallazgo, captado por una cámara remota de los investigadores de la Universidad de Oxford en una expedición a Indonesia. Las imágenes muestran a la criatura de largos picos paseando por el bosque.

El Dr. James Kempton dijo a BBC News que él y todo su equipo consiguieron el impresionante registro en "la última tarjeta SD que miramos, de la última cámara que recogimos, en el último día de nuestra expedición", dijo el científico. Hecho el punto, la criatura vaya que hizo una entrada.

Dice que todo su equipo estaba "eufórico" cuando encontraron el viejo temporizador, y con razón. Se cree que el Echidna, cuyo nombre científico es Zaglossus attenboroughi, llamado así por el famoso biólogo Sir David Attenborough ha evolucionado desde la época de los dinosaurios, hace unos 200 millones de años.

No está claro cuando se extinguió exactamente el mamífero, o eso pensaban los científicos, pero la única evidencia de la criatura fue recogida en 1961.

Scientists are celebrating a remarkable discovery -- the Attenborough Echidna can't be extinct, as they thought it was, because it was caught on freakin' camera!!!

Check out the extremely rare find, captured on a remote camera placed by Oxford University researchers on an expedition to Indonesia. The footage shows the long-beaked creature just strolling in the woods.

Dr. James Kempton told BBC News he and his whole team got the impressive footage on "the very last SD card that we looked at, from the very last camera that we collected, on the very last day of our expedition." Point being ... the critter made one hell of an entrance.

He says his whole team was "euphoric" when they found the old timer, and rightfully so ... the Echidna -- scientific name Zaglossus attenboroughi, named after famed biologist Sir David Attenborough -- was thought to have evolved in the time of dinosaurs, about 200 million years ago.

It isn't clear exactly when the spiky mammal went extinct -- or so scientists thought -- but the only evidence of the creature was collected in 1961.

A McDonald's customer completely lost his s**t and went on a wild rampage, trashing one of the chain restaurants in Maryland from a drive-thru window.

The bizarre incident was captured on video and posted to TikTok, showing the furious man standing outside his vehicle at the fast food joint in White Marsh, which is about 16 miles south of Baltimore. The patron is clearly hungry and unhappy with the service he's getting.

Check out the clip ... the man reaches in through the drive-up window and grabs several drink cups and tosses them while screaming, "Shut it down right now" and "Give me some food!"

He starts pointing at the employees -- who are off-screen but shrieking in terror. Then he pushes a metal storage shelf lined with electronics and other items, watching it all come crashing down.

But he doesn't stop there ... the maniac continues to yell that he wants food, violently shaking the fallen shelf while demanding two bags of French fries in his view.

One of the workers hands him the bags of food, but the guy is still not satisfied and shouts some more until he finally slams the drive-through window shut and walks off.

During his tirade, the man also used some foul language, calling the staff a "b***h" and other names.

We've reached out to the Baltimore County Police Department to see if they're investigating ... so far no word back.

Travis Barker tocó la batería al son de los latidos del corazón de su bebé mientras estaba en la sala de partos junto a Kourtney Kardashian y la gente en Internet lo está encontrando un poquito "repulsivo".

El baterista de Blink-182 hizo lo que mejor sabe hacer en el clip, que fue compartido por él mismo el jueves con el mensaje: "Practicando los [sic] latidos del corazón de mi bebé"

Mientras que algunos no pudieron evitar decir que es uno de los mejores bateristas en el mundo, otros reaccionaron con su disgusto por su actuación en la sala de partos. Alguien dijo que Kourtney, quien debe haber grabado todo, tiene que tener "paciencia de ángel".

El TikTok de Trav provocó comentarios como: "Literalmente estaría tan molesta que no podría hacerlo", "eso me habría llevado contra la pared" o "imagina estar en la habitación de al lado".

Hay que decir, sin embargo, que no todo fueron críticas. Un montón de gente simplemente felicitó a Travis y Kourtney por su nuevo bebé y pensó que la música era "tan hermosa".

Como informamos, Kourtney y Travis dejaron el Cedars-Sinai el martes después de pasar varios días en el hospital, aunque todavía no está claro qué día exactamente nació su bebé, Rocky.

Travis Barker played the drums to his baby's heartbeat while in the delivery room with Kourtney Kardashian before the kiddo was born ... and folks online are calling it a bit "ick."

The Blink-182 drummer did what he does best in the clip, shared by the man himself on Thursday ... with the caption, "Practicing to my babies [sic] heartbeat."

While some couldn't help but point out he's one of the best drummers in the game, others chimed in with their distaste for the delivery room performance -- with one saying Kourtney, who seems to be recording the vid, has to have "angel-like" patience.

Trav's TikTok prompted comments like, "I would literally be so annoyed I couldn't do it," "That would've driven me up the wall" and, "Imagine being in the room next to this."

It wasn't all bashing, though ... plenty of folks simply congratulated Travis and Kourtney on their new baby, calling the music "so beautiful."

As we reported, Kourtney and Travis left Cedars-Sinai on Tuesday after spending multiple days at the hospital ... although it's still unclear exactly what day their baby, Rocky, was actually born.

Un cliente de McDonald's perdió completamente la cabeza y se puso a destrozar un restaurante de la cadena en Maryland.

El extraño incidente fue capturado en video y publicado en TikTok, y muestra al hombre furioso en el local de comida rápida en White Marsh, a unos 16 kilómetros al sur de Baltimore, hambriento y claramente descontento con el servicio que está recibiendo.

Echa un vistazo al clip, en él se ve al hombre acercándose a la ventana de autoservicio y luego agarrando varios vasos de bebida y arrojándolos hacia el interior mientras grita: "Apágalo ahora mismo" y "¡Dame algo de comida!".

Después empieza a señalar a los empleados, que no se ven en pantalla pero se los escucha gritar aterrorizados. A continuación, empuja un estante de almacenamiento de metal forrado con aparatos electrónicos y otros artículos y todo se derrumba.

Pero no se detiene ahí, el loco continúa gritando que quiere comida, sacude violentamente el estante que se había caído mientras exige dos bolsas de patatas fritas a la vista.

Uno de los trabajadores le entrega lo que pide, pero el tipo sigue sin calmarse y grita más hasta que finalmente cierra de golpe la ventanilla del autoservicio y se va.

Durante su diatriba, el extraño hombre también utilizó un lenguaje grosero, llamando al personal "b***h" y otros nombres.

Nos hemos puesto en contacto con el Departamento de Policía del Condado de Baltimore para ver si están investigando, pero hasta ahora no hemos tenido respuesta.

Donald Trump no se olvida de uno de sus primeros partidarios, Lil Pump, quien estuvo presente en el mitin de Florida del ex comandante el miércoles por la noche, y el rapero "Gucci Gang" recibió algunos elogios públicos.

Trump lo señaló entre una multitud de unos 5.200 asistentes, quienes llegaron hasta el suburbio de Hialeah en Miami, según los informes. Tras el reconocimiento, Pump se puso de pie, recogió sus flores y mostró su orgullo de pies a cabeza!!!

Vuelvan sus calendarios tres años atrás, en 2020, cuando Pump fue extremadamente apasionado en su intento por conseguir que Trump fuera reelegido. Esto, a pesar de no ser un votante registrado.

Para Pump, la influencia es lo que cuenta en el largo plazo. Él es un fan de la persona rebelde de #45, al igual que Kodak Black y Waka Flocka.

Donald Trump doesn't forget his day 1 supporters -- Lil Pump was in attendance at the former commander-in-chief's Florida rally Wednesday night, and the "Gucci Gang" rapper got some public praise.

Trump singled him out in the crowd of 5,200 reportedly in attendance in the Miami suburb of Hialeah ... prompting Pump to stand up, collect his flowers and show off his fit ... head-to-toe MAGA!!!

Flip the calendars back 3 years to 2020 and Pump was extremely vocal in attempting to get Trump reelected ... despite not being a registered voter himself.

For Pump, it's the influence that counts in the long run. He's a fan of #45's rebellious persona -- as are Kodak Black and Waka Flocka.

King Kong no tiene nada que envidiarle a Jared Leto, mucho menos después de que escalara hasta la cima del Empire State Building solo para promocionar la nueva gira de su banda 30 Seconds to Mars.

El cantante y actor se encumbró por encima de los cielos de Nueva York el jueves por la mañana, diciendo a los anfitriones de "TODAY" que llegó a la cima del icónico rascacielos, algo que siempre había tenido como objetivo.

Dice que en su camino hacia la cumbre se detuvo alrededor de la planta 80 y vio a su madre en el interior, lo que fue una agradable sorpresa, pero cuando llegó a la cima del edificio, en el piso 102, dijo que las vistas eran increíbles, especialmente cuando el sol empezó a salir.

La hazaña no se hizo sin un poco de derramamiento de sangre, con los anfitriones Al Roker, Savannah Guthrie, Carson Daly, Craig Melvin y Sheinelle Jones mostrando sus golpes y raspaduras, pero parece que valió la pena.

La gran escalada de Jared no es solo uno de sus objetivos en la lista de cosas por hacer antes de morir, también es parte de su campaña de promoción de la gira mundial de su banda, 30 Seconds to Mars, que comienza en marzo.

Hay que admitir que es una manera bastante única de vender entradas.

Ahora, el chico no es ajeno a las escaladas atrevidas como esta. Jared Leto lleva escalando edificios y algunas dementes formaciones rocosas desde hace un tiempo, lo que sin duda lo preparó para llevar a cabo esta hazaña en el rascacielos.

King Kong ain't got s*** on Jared Leto ... not after he scaled the tippy-top of the Empire State Building simply to promote his band 30 Seconds to Mars' new tour.

The singer/actor took to the sky above NYC Thursday morning, telling the 'TODAY' hosts he made it to the top of the iconic skyscraper -- something that had always been a goal of his.

He says on his way up, he stopped around the 80th floor where he saw his mom inside, which was a nice surprise ... but when he got to the top of the 102-floor building, he said the views were pretty incredible, especially as the sun started to rise.

The feat wasn't done without a bit of bloodshed, however -- showing hosts Al Roker, Savannah Guthrie, Carson Daly, Craig Melvin and Sheinelle Jones his beat-up paws ... but it sounds like it was worth it.

Jared's big climb wasn't just a bucket list check-off -- he's also promoting the upcoming world tour for his band, 30 Seconds to Mars ... which kicks off in March.

Gotta admit, it's a pretty unique way to sell tickets.

The guy's no stranger to daring climbs like this ... he's been scaling buildings and some insane rock formations for a while now, all of which certainly prepared him for his grueling skyscraper milestone.

Logan Paul turned his U.S. Championship belt into a censor bar this week -- the WWE Superstar posted a completely naked shower snap on social media ... with only his new, shiny addition covering his junk!!

The Maverick -- who won his first wrestling title over the weekend after beating Rey Mysterio at Crown Jewel -- shared a few snaps of his life as the champ on Thursday ... and let's just say he's been getting some quality time with the hardware.

The 28-year-old clearly wouldn't let his new belt leave his side as he went about his daily routine -- spooning in bed with his fiancée, Nina Agdal, enjoying a rooftop stogie, working out ... and even when he was rinsing off!!

A lot of Logan's followers cracked jokes in the comments ... with one person saying, "Nahhh no one is wearing that belt after the last pic 😂" and another going a bit more blunt by adding, "Bro got his meat all up on da belt."

It's been an insane start for Logan's wrestling career -- the dude has fought big names like Roman Reigns, Seth Freakin' Rollins, Ricochet and The Miz over the past year and a half ... and now, he can finally call himself a champion.