US Airways jet diverted after passenger hands note to flight attendant saying she had surgically implanted device

BANGOR, Maine - Officials diverted a US Airways jet to Maine after a French passenger travelling from Paris to North Carolina handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device, prompting concerns about possible terrorism.

A stroke makes it difficult for Ernie Harris to speak, but it does not prevent him from conveying the emotional effect he experienced last month when he made an Honor Flight to Washington D.C.