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Asher Roth’s guitarist thwarts LAX bomb threat
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| Llewellyn, with Roth and Co. |
| Gary Friedman | L.A. Times |
Chris Llewellyn, who plays guitar for Buxco wunderkind MC Asher Roth, was one of several individuals responsible for subduing a man who claimed to have a bomb on a Jan. 7 Delta Airlines flight. (This is contrary to previous reports that the Morrisville native himself entranced the passenger by forcing him to listen to that Weezer-sampling rap song about how college is fun.)
Turning quickly, he saw that a passenger had pushed the attendant to the floor and was trying to open the rear emergency exit.
"Don't come near me," the man warned. "I have a bomb. I have a bomb."
"I thought this guy was going to open the door. I was thinking, 'I'm not going to go down with the plane,' " said Llewellyn, 26, a 6-foot guitarist, who was flying into Los Angeles from Atlanta on Wednesday morning for a TV appearance with hip-hop artist Asher Roth.
Along with half a dozen other passengers, Llewellyn ran down the aisle into the galley area and jumped on the man, pulling him away from the door.
"He was struggling hard-core," Llewellyn said. "I was holding down his arm. Somebody had a foot on his head. Everyone was holding down a different body part. He was going nuts. I was telling him to chill because he's not going any place."
He's got a nice gig performing with the fast-rising Roth and he's a true-blue American hero in his intentions? Chris, if I had somewhere in the vicinity of three to five daughters and I subscribed to a personal belief system that allowed and encouraged these types of things, I would implore you to marry the prettiest one.
Tangentially related after the jump: fellow Philly bol DJ Drama intros Roth on Rap City.
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