I'm glad he's ok.

Since LE doesn't seem able to get a handle on the problem.
The problem
http://www.laserpointersafety.com/laserglasses/laserglasses/laserglasses-ps.html
Inexpensive laser pointers with up to 0.5 mW of stated power can easily be purchased in corner stores or electronics shops. As Class 3R laser devices, these so-called low-power pointers are available for general sale and use with recommendations to “avoid exposure to the beam.” The popular green laser pointers are DPSS (diode-pumped solid-state) devices often consisting of a neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum vanadate (Nd:YVO4) laser at 1064 nm, pumped by an 808-nm diode laser and frequency- doubled via a potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) crystal, halving the wavelength to output the desired 532-nm green light. The power ratio of the 532- to 808-nm and 1064-nm radiation is approximately 1:3 . To prevent the pump light (808 nm) as well as remaining nondoubled 1064-nm light from exiting the devices, they are designed to include a near-IR-blocking filter.

These easily accessible, cheap laser pointers can be used either maliciously or accidentally to illuminate cockpits of airplanes (on takeoff and landing) or helicopters (in urban environments). When a cockpit is illuminated by a green laser pointer, the crew can suffer from any of four potential effects and their associated hazards:

Startle ? Distraction
Glare ? Disruption
Flash-blindness ? Disorientation
Eye damage ? Incapacitation