[tjd1454]

Wish I could help you out, but I still can’t find any evidence that someone other than the Dutchman was involved in the initial takedown of the terrorist, though at some point obviously the flight attendants became involved. It therefore appears that the premature assumption that it was Americans who reacted so quickly and admirably, is false.

[freepersup]

Your foundational argument was a smear on Americans, for not acting quickly enough, or at all, when a Dutch citizen did act. You’re now taking heat from freepers and justifiably so. Best to suck it up and admit your disdain for boastful keyboard commandos has been projected onto the American passengers that seemingly sat on their hands onboard the Amsterdam to Detroit flight, while the Dutchman acted alone, and it has (obviously) caught up with you.

The Dutchman did act alone and deserves our praise. His nationality is absolutely inconsequential to the outcome. I think you’ve stepped in it. I bear you no ill will, but your false smear cannot go unanswered. I have flown across the Atlantic ocean more than 20 times since 9-11, and I would act with extreme prejudice against a jihadist, given the chance. So would the vast majority of passengers. You singled out Americans, and we (here, at FR) don’t like it.