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TIME: Eyewitness on Plane Says “I Never Heard the Word ‘Bomb’”
NewsBusters ^ | 12/9/05 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 12/09/2005 3:02:20 PM PST by Only Waxing

In what could be an advancement of media protestations that air marshals on American Airlines flight 924 overreacted when they shot and killed distraught passenger Rigoberto Alpizar, TIME magazine reported last night that another passenger on the plane is claiming he never heard the word “bomb”:

“‘I don't think they needed to use deadly force with the guy,’ says John McAlhany, a 44-year-old construction worker from Sebastian, Fla. "He was getting off the plane." McAlhany also maintains that Alpizar never mentioned having a bomb.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bushsfault; flight924
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1 posted on 12/09/2005 3:02:20 PM PST by Only Waxing
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To: Only Waxing

I didn't hear it either.


2 posted on 12/09/2005 3:03:06 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: Raycpa

Me either.


3 posted on 12/09/2005 3:03:27 PM PST by Patrick1
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To: Only Waxing

OMG! Thats it..Bush has to go!


4 posted on 12/09/2005 3:03:28 PM PST by samadams2000 (Nothing fills the void of a passing hurricane better than government)
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To: Only Waxing

Seems that this guy is the only one coming forth with this version.

Nobody else on the plane? Was he in the gangway ?


5 posted on 12/09/2005 3:04:25 PM PST by digger48
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To: Only Waxing

maybe it was a ba or a ba ala Airplane the movie


6 posted on 12/09/2005 3:04:30 PM PST by al baby (Father of the beeber)
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To: Only Waxing

There's always one nut case, but in this instance there were two.


7 posted on 12/09/2005 3:07:42 PM PST by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: Only Waxing
I smell a book deal.

And a lawsuit by this guy for emotional pain and suffering.

8 posted on 12/09/2005 3:07:49 PM PST by Finger Monkey (H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
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To: Raycpa

Harry Callahan has to explain why he shot a man]
Harry Callahan: Well, when an adult male is chasing a female with intent to commit rape, I shoot the bastard. That's my policy.
The Mayor: Intent? How did you establish that?
Harry Callahan: When a naked man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher's knife and a H@&d-on, I figure he isn't out collecting for the Red Cross!
[walks out of the room]
The Mayor: He's got a point.


9 posted on 12/09/2005 3:07:53 PM PST by al baby (Father of the beeber)
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To: Only Waxing

Of course he was so busy making gift-baskets for the ANSWER convention later that he might not have noticed.


10 posted on 12/09/2005 3:07:57 PM PST by ClaudiusI
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To: Only Waxing

Sheesh this guy is everywhere, he will be on A Current Affair next. Just wait.

If I were on that plane and some nut is running around saying wild things and sticks his hand in a backpack or fannypack or any bag I would certainly hope the Air Marshal would shoot him/her dead!!

And that would be just in case he's gonna push the button on the cellphone for the bomb in the cargo hold or elsewhere. I've seen arguments all over FR today about this but the AM had no choice but to shoot to kill IMHO. We're just lucky they are out there willing to put their lives on the line for all of us and make the tough decision as these guys had to do in a split second.

This is no one's fault but the guy who did not takes his meds and his wife who should have known better than to let him travel in that condition.


11 posted on 12/09/2005 3:10:52 PM PST by WestCoastGal (Philosophy: Miracles Do Happen!!)
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To: Only Waxing
Eyewitness on Plane Says “I Never Heard the Word ‘Bomb’”

So that can only mean one thing:

Someone set him up the bomb.

(I know, but somebody had to say it)

12 posted on 12/09/2005 3:11:25 PM PST by inquest (If you favor any legal status for illegal aliens, then do not claim to be in favor of secure borders)
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To: Only Waxing
I don’t know if it’s true or not but earlier on a radio show someone claimed that the Colombians either don’t screen the passengers or don’t screen the passengers to our satisfaction. They claimed that’s one reason the air marshals were on board and one reason they were landing in Miami – so they could take the passengers off and run them through security (and customs?) before continuing on to Orlando.

Don’t know if that’s the case but it’s what they said and I hadn’t heard it before.

13 posted on 12/09/2005 3:13:36 PM PST by Who dat?
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To: Only Waxing
Apparently the Air Marshals did everything correctly so now, as Rush says, 'they' have to make it bad!

Good on the AM; lesson learned if you are on meds that keep you sane, don't fly on my plane if you have failed to take them - AMs haven't a clue as to your health...and really don't care...and shouldn't...that isn't their job - that is your job.

14 posted on 12/09/2005 3:14:10 PM PST by yoe
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To: Only Waxing

One person didn't hear the word "bomb." Well, that's conclusive!


15 posted on 12/09/2005 3:14:22 PM PST by My2Cents (Dead people voting is the closest the Democrats come to believing in eternal life.)
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To: Only Waxing
McAlhany also maintains that Alpizar never mentioned having a bomb

How incompetent can reporting get? The most that McAlhany can testify to is that he personally did not hear Alpizar say he had a bomb. Oh well, I guess I'll move on.

16 posted on 12/09/2005 3:14:26 PM PST by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: inquest

As I understand it, this guy was seated in Seat 24C, near the back of the plane. Perhaps he had super hearing, but when I'm in the middle of coach, I really can't hear a word of what's being said in first class, where I understand the air marshals were seated. So he either had extraordinary hearing or he's really enjoying his 15 minutes of celebrity opining on security matters of which, as a construction worker (or if he were a lawyer, doctor or Indian chief for that matter), he probably knows nothing.


17 posted on 12/09/2005 3:14:40 PM PST by laconic
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To: digger48

I'm wondering if he's one of the ones I saw on Fox the other morning. The one I'm thinking about was forced to admit that while he was on the plane, he could in no way see or hear what was going because of where he was sitting.


18 posted on 12/09/2005 3:17:09 PM PST by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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To: al baby

Anyone that disembarks a plane after boarding it is a high risk. It would be unknown what he brought on the plane or what is in his checked luggage.

Anyone that runs from a law enforcer after being asked to stop and drop is a high risk.

Anyone that attempts to get a hidden object after being asked to stop and drop is a high risk.

Add all three together it and doesn't matter what he said or did not say. His actions alone could have gotten him killed.


19 posted on 12/09/2005 3:17:34 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: Only Waxing
I heard it. He said to the Air Marshal, "That gun is da-bomb!"
20 posted on 12/09/2005 3:18:23 PM PST by msnimje (Everyday there is a new example of the Democrats "Culture of Dementia")
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