AIRLINE: A true terrorist wouldn't run. Mike Burris Cambridge, Mass --- Travel Pages <travelpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is a tough call all right. > > Scenario 1: > > Man says he has bomb. Man runs. Man goes into > bag where he said bomb was. > Officer fires. Man dies. > > Scenario 2: > > Officer pauses to investigate. Man is a true > terrorist, bomb is real, bomb goes off in Jetway. > TSA pays heavy media price as dozens of vacationing > civilians die due to officer hesitation. Nation > goes into red alert mode, Wall Street get jumpy. > > > > David MR <damiross3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Youmake a good point. In a situation like this the > suspect should not be shot. I'm not talking about > the fact that he was mentally ill. Rather, it would > be better to incapacite then they authorities can > question him about possible conspirators. > > David R > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Travel Pages > > > The story as reported below smacks of a bad > situation gone worse. > > > > No bomb, and what appears to be a person with a > mental condition. If the > > wife's statement as initially reported is > accurate, the shot individual may not > > have had the capacity to comply with instructions. > I can only imagine how she > > is feeling tonight. > > > > > http://www.forbes.com/business/businesstech/feeds/ap/2005/12/07/ap2376644.html > > > > > <> 757, flailing his arms, while his wife tried to > explain that he was mentally ill > > and had not taken his medication. > > > > The passenger indicated there was a bomb in his > bag and was confronted by air > > marshals but ran off the aircraft, Doyle said. The > marshals went after him and > > ordered him to get down on the ground, but he did > not comply and was shot when > > he apparently reached into the bag, Doyle said.>> > > > > "Michael C. Berch" wrote: > > The passenger died of injuries in the hospital not > long after the > > shooting. He was apparently not killed instantly. > So CNN rewrote the > > headline and the lead, and may have left a true > (but not up to date) > > reference to the condition of the passenger, later > in the story. > > Also, CNN like a number of other news sites > updates breaking stories > > in place, without changing the URL. The short > summary I copied and > > pasted from the CNN main page was static, while > the contents of the > > story behind the link were dynamic. > > > > In other words, not bad reporting, but an artifact > of dynamic > > updating of online news. > > > > -- > > Michael C. Berch > > mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > On Dec 7, 2005, at 1:04 PM, David MR wrote: > > > The CNN headline says "Passemger killed after > claiming to have a > > > bomb." The CNN article says in the opening > paragraph "Federal air > > > marshals shot and killed a 44-year-old U.S. > citizen..." yet just a > > > few paragraphs later it says the citizen was > wounded. > > > > > > This is why I check other sources when reading a > CNN article > > > involving aviation or plolitics - I want to make > sure I get the > > > correct story. At least they got the number of > pax that an AA 757 > > > can carry correct > > > > > > David R > > > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > From: "Michael C. Berch" > > >> Police: Shot fired on Miami airport Jetway > > >> BREAKING NEWS > > >> Police: Shot fired on Miami airport Jetway > > >> > > >> A federal air marshal shot and wounded a > passenger on the Jetway > > >> connecting an American Airlines plane to Miami > International Airport, > > >> sources told CNN. The marshal's action came > after threatening action > > >> by the passenger, a federal government official > said. The Federal Air > > >> Marshals Service confirmed a marshal fired his > weapon while the > > >> Boeing 757 -- which was en route from Medellin, > Colombia, to Orlando, > > >> Florida -- was on the ground at Miami. > > >> > > >> Full story: > http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/07/airplane.gunshot/ > > >> index.html > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Michael C. Berch > > >> mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Personals > > Let fate take it's course directly to your email. > > See who's waiting for you Yahoo! Personals > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Shopping > Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! > Shopping > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com