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Eyewitness: "I Never Heard the Word 'Bomb'"
TIME.com ^
| Dec. 8, 2005
| Siobhan Morrissey
Posted on 12/08/2005 12:21:37 PM PST by Rennes Templar
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"McAlhany said he saw Alpizar before the flight and is absolutely stunned by what unfolded on the airplane."
It is stunning to see agents in action trying to save the lives of all on the plane.
To: Rennes Templar
These people are going to come out of the woodwork now.
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posted on
12/08/2005 12:23:00 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: Rennes Templar
The guy is running for the cockpit with a backpack, yelling. Bad sign.
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posted on
12/08/2005 12:23:16 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Rennes Templar
I have mixed opinions on this....
Allthough the term "target practice" leaps to mind and doesn't really bother me.
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posted on
12/08/2005 12:23:43 PM PST
by
Pondman88
To: Rennes Templar
"They asked, 'Did you hear anything about the b-word?'" he says. "That's what they called it."
B-word? Slick Willie was onboard?
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posted on
12/08/2005 12:23:58 PM PST
by
jdm
To: cripplecreek
I saw this guy on Fox today.
He's enjoying himself entirely TOO much, if you get my drift.
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posted on
12/08/2005 12:24:17 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: Rennes Templar
betcha the lawyers are lined up right now watering at the mouth to sue on this one..
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posted on
12/08/2005 12:24:31 PM PST
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(Islam is a religion of peace and they'll behead 13 year old girls to prove it...)
To: Rennes Templar
And so it begins. Next up, comparisons to the shooting of Menendez, by London police, on the Underground after the 7/21 attempted bombings.
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posted on
12/08/2005 12:24:47 PM PST
by
elc
To: Rennes Templar
This is just one witness. I'll wait for further corroboration before reaching the conclusion that the marshals were wrong to shoot the guy.
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posted on
12/08/2005 12:25:46 PM PST
by
West Coast Conservative
(Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.)
To: dennis1x
shoot first, ask questions later.
god bless america.
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posted on
12/08/2005 12:26:03 PM PST
by
dennis1x
To: Rennes Templar
I bet the 9/11 hijackers looked perfectly normal that fateful morning as well.
He was on a cell phone during a bomb incident, and he is upset they knocked his phone away from him? Doesn't he know that terrorists use cell phones to remotely detonate bombs?
To: Rennes Templar
"I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help."
One hallmark of a conservative's perspective is a heightened skepticism of governmental justifications for killing an unarmed man.
I'm waiting to see how this pans out.
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posted on
12/08/2005 12:26:18 PM PST
by
d-back
To: Rennes Templar
"McAlhany described Alpizar as carrying a big backpack and wearing a fanny pack in front."
Fanny pack? The lib's are going to say he was shot because somewhere between Columbia and Florida he had a homosexual transformation, which was cut short by an evil sky marshal.
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posted on
12/08/2005 12:27:14 PM PST
by
jdm
To: Rennes Templar
"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.
Gee, I didn't know that construction workers were as highly trained as air marshalls.
"I never heard the word 'bomb' on the plane," McAlhany told TIME in a telephone interview. "I never heard the word bomb until the FBI asked me did you hear the word bomb. That is ridiculous."
You mean to say that you never heard the word "bomb" while you were busy talking on your cell phone with your brother? What a shock!
To: Howlin
I was wondering how many witnesses, not agents, heard the man screaming 'bomb'.
You think this guy you saw was just seeking his 15 mins?
To: Rennes Templar
maybe he said I have a bum. (as in urban camping person)
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posted on
12/08/2005 12:28:12 PM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Peace de Resistance! Viva la Paper towels!)
To: Rennes Templar
The worst that can be said is that there is now one fewer crazy men.
To: Howlin
Well, but he was ready to break someone's neck if need be!
I didn't see him, but I have a picture in my head of a a guy whose never been anyone, and now, suddenly he can be a hero without really doing anything!
susie
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posted on
12/08/2005 12:28:49 PM PST
by
brytlea
(I'm not a conspiracy theorist....really.)
To: Rennes Templar
I am sure that most of the passengers did not hear the word 'bomb'. But then again, I doubt that the passengers were with him the entire time. I know one thing for certain, I would not want worthless pieces of horse guano like Mr. McAlhany protecting me.
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posted on
12/08/2005 12:29:05 PM PST
by
Sthitch
To: Howlin
Was he the guy who thinks the flight crew should be the ones to deal with potential terrorists?
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posted on
12/08/2005 12:29:11 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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