Pittsburgh Steelers legend Terry Bradshaw is setting the record straight amid rumors that he helped a plane full of trapped people escape.
After flying into Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, April 10, the plane he and other passengers were on experienced a malfunction. According to CBS News, the airplane’s door was stuck and as a result, the passengers were unable to exit the aircraft.
Several passengers claimed that Bradshaw, that in an effort to aid the flight crew, lent a helping hand, eventually forcing the stuck door opened so he and the other passengers could get to their final destination.
One of the passengers on the plane, Selah Holland, told CBS News at the time that “the pilot” made an announcement “and you could kind of hear he was chuckling as he said it.”
“But he said, ‘Thanks to the strength of one of our passengers, we were finally able to get the door open,’” Holland continued, “and I think we all knew he was alluding to Mr. Bradshaw.”
Gamble told CBS News affiliate KDKA-TV that people were aware Bradshaw was on the flight. Holland claimed another passenger made the comment that Bradshaw should “bust down the door,” but Holland didn’t think Bradshaw could do it being 76 years old.
“I mean honestly I was just ready to get off the flight, but the guy next to me had the joke that they should have him bust down the door, and I was like, ‘Well, maybe he could a few years ago.’ So I’m definitely eating my words,” Holland explained, noting that the story will be “a good one for family dinners and parties and all that.”
However, it’s not a true story. Bradshaw was on the plane but has since clarified that he was not needed to open the plane door.
“Just to set the record straight,” Bradshaw wrote in a post shared via Instagram on Friday, April 11. “I did nothing to open the door on the plane! The maintenance crew had it open in 15 [minutes].”
Bradshaw played his entire career as a quarterback for the Steelers from 1970 to 1983. He led the franchise to four Super Bowl wins in a six-year period from 1974 to 1979.
According to CBS News, Bradshaw traveled to Pittsburgh on April 10 to celebrate his first-ever Super Bowl win at a dinner thrown by fellow teammate, former Steelers cornerback Mel Blount, 50 years after the fact.
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Blount joined the team the same year and retired from the sport the same year as Bradshaw.
Fans joked on social media that Bradshaw should come out of retirement to help the Steelers as the team continues to struggle to find a franchise quarterback after the original story was shared online.
“Any chance he could play QB1?” a fan asked.
“Steelers so down bad at QB they flying out Bradshaw to sign him,” another commenter joked.
