Simon / All: Well, this is tragedy in that this man didn't travel with his med's. He (or whom ever was responsible for him) should have had him beefed up for the long trip. And as this was a HNL to LAX flight, no place to put down. I do recall an incident where a soccer team also subdued a man and as a result, he died. I worry that this man start a dangerous trend where the wrong person is going to do something and another tragedy will result. As for the MIA incident, I still believe that the air marshal shouldn't have shot the man dead. I don't believe that a terrorist would have behaved this way (see Richard Reid, the shoebomber) and if the marshal's had waited, or done more to investigate the claim, a man would be alive today. (Yes, I recall the arguments of the dangers of waiting, etc.) But that's all over now. Nothing can be done to bring this poor fellow back. I'm just glad that I'm not the one in the marshal's place. Some may argue that I'd make a lousy sky marshal. I would agree. But, I fall of the side of caution and I'm not about to apologize for it. Perhaps airlines should make an announcement that before anyone board, show us your RX's and let's make sure you're armed for bear? Mike Burris Cambridge, Mass --- Simon Craig <simonc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/12/2005, at 5:18 PM, David Mueller wrote: > > Passengers say they were glad to help but are > concerned there > > wasn't an air marshal aboard. > > > > "I fly a lot and I think we need one on every > flight," Deckard > > said. "Forget it. I don't care how much it costs > me as a traveler > > to have that man sitting on that plane." > > That is, of course, unless the Sky Marshal had > actually shot the poor > sod. Then everyone would have been screaming about > shooting confused/ > mentally incapacitated/misunderstood people again. > > Regards, > > Simon Craig > > "If it's not McBoeing, I'm not McGoing!" > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com