RantCrush Top 5: December 21, 2016

80’s popstar Richard Marx made headlines when he helped the staff on a Korean Air flight restrain an increasingly violent and unruly man. Marx became famous for songs like “Right Here Waiting” and for his good hair. He was traveling with his wife, former MTV VJ Daisy Fuentes, from Hanoi to Seoul when an apparently very drunk guy started attacking the crew and passengers. Fuentes wrote on Instagram that he “got crazy and started attacking the flight attendants and passengers,” including “pushing the female staff and pulling them by the hair.”

Passenger kicked off on plane restrained by Richard Marx who was ‘right here waiting’ https://t.co/TxsUQrDNKw pic.twitter.com/OIfrMgVsYw

— ➖Ben Capper➖ (@BenJCapper) December 21, 2016

According to Marx, the all-female flight crew was not at all prepared to handle the situation and the man ended up injuring one of them and two passengers. The internet was in awe that Marx casually restrained the man using a rope, and hailed him as a hero.

Mark Wahlberg has already bought the rights and will star in the Richard Marx Korean Air story

— Brandon Borders (@Brandon_Borders) December 20, 2016

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.