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I find it interesting to see how many editors did a lousy job with this story.

Some have said that the bomb was strapped to his chest (appears to have been on the collar, not the chest).

Others have said that he died trying to rob a bank. He did successfully rob the bank. He was apprehended afterwards.

It's like when I read that Atta played pinball the night before the 9.11 attacks. Later it was "confirmed" that he had played the Golden Tee "pinball game". Golden Tee is a video game golf simulator, not a pinball machine (but the journalists got it in there head that was what he played).

Facts don't mean much to reporters. Good enough for government, it seems. Heck, sometimes they even go to the scene of the event to get some details. The rest of the time they phone it in.

Its not just the reporter its the editor too. My daughters' name is similar to Jennifer. A reporter once took her name down very carefully to include in a story. The story reported her name as Jennifer.

I figured the editor probably thought the reporter was wrong and changed it.

Some have said that the bomb was strapped to his chest (appears to have been on the collar, not the chest).

It was attached at the neck, but the actual device was underneath his shirt on his chest. It was like a big exploding medallion.

But you essential point that the media screws everything up is true, as anyone who's ever read a story they've had some personal connection to will tell you.