On this day in history in 2010, a JetBlue flight attendant quit while sliding down his plane’s emergency-escape chute while the aircraft was stopped near the terminal gate. After a passenger reportedly became abusive towards the attendant, Steven Slater, he grabbed two beers from the beverage cart, deployed the emergency slide and slid down. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jetblue-flight-attendant-quits-job-via-escape-slide