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Chen leaves China on flight bound for U.S. By the CNN Wire Staff May 19, 2012 -- Updated 1820 GMT (0220 HKT) Beijing (CNN) -- Prominent human rights activist Chen Guangcheng had neither passport nor visa in hand when he was shuttled to the airport Saturday in Beijing. Hours later he was on United Flight 88, scheduled to arrive in the United States in the evening. His last moments in his native China were as frenzied as the political firestorm over his status after he escaped house arrest a month ago. Chens concrete steps to leaving China Chen had been in a hospital for the past few weeks, awaiting documents to travel after New York University offered him a fellowship. He was given passport applications for himself and his family on Wednesday. Activist Chen Guangchen flies to NY At 10 a.m. Saturday, he received a call from authorities ordering him to pack his bags, said Bob Fu, president of ChinaAid, a Texas-based Christian human rights organization that has been campaigning for Chens freedom. At 11, he was on his way to the airport. He still had no documentation. At the airport, Chen waited with his wife and two children in a secure location. He was in a wheelchair, dark glasses over his eyes -- Chen is blind. He told Fu that he did not know his final destination. The Newark-bound flight was scheduled to depart at 3:45 p.m. but was delayed by two hours. Fu spoke with Chen 15 minutes before he boarded. Were ready to go, he told Fu. As the wheels lifted off Chinese soil, so, too, did the anxiety that has enveloped Chen and his family over a past of mistreatment and a future of uncertainty. Chinese activists family suffers reprisals, he tells U.S. lawmakers The self-taught legal activist angered Chinese officials with his fight against alleged forced abortions under Chinas one child policy. Chen spent four years in prison, and was then held under constant lock down in his village. New York University law professor Jerome Cohen, who first met Chen when the activist tra