“He fulfilled his dream, the dream he now paid for so dearly with his life,” the club said, reports the Wall Street Journal”
I don’t understand this statement. It is irresponsible journalism to imply that a criminal deserves even a scrap of sympathy. From what we are learning now, it appears that this man was not a victim of circumstance, but was the perpetrator of a horrendous crime. If he really did take that plane down, he is guilty of mass murder. The fact that his life ended in the process is of absolutely no consequence.
There is a plane full of people and hundreds of loved ones spread across several countries who do deserve our deepest sympathy and also explanations. The only consideration that should be given to this man is a careful dissection of his life, habits, beliefs, religion, phobias and anything else that might help us to prevent another such tragedy. What should be left out are the sob story statements that attempt to play on our emotions.
That quote is from a death notice on the website of an aviation club he joined as a young man. I’m pretty sure they posted that when he was regarded as a victim in the crash, rather than suspected of being the cause.
My guess is that this sympathetic statement from his flying cub, as reported by the WSJ, was issued right after news of the crash. The club members are now having very different emotions.
My guess is that this sympathetic statement from his flying cub, as reported by the WSJ, was issued right after news of the crash. The club members are now having very different emotions.