Some are saying the crew should have taken a rental car. Are there that many people on this board who have so little knowledge of airline operations? When YOUR flight the next day is delayed for hours and everybody misses their connections and now needs hotels and re-accomodation on other flights (that are probably full) that is OK because one emerging American folk hero refused a legal order from Law Enforcement officials to deplane?
If the crew getting to their destination was so important then why not charter a biz jet (or similar) to get them there rather than physically assault and cause actual bodily harm to the people that pay their salaries?