Jon...
you wrote: "what a day! :-( It still hasn't really sunk in for me; I keep
expecting the credits to roll." I think 90% of the U.S. Population feels that
way... sadly, the other 10% are celebrating. Hey, food for thought here.. what
about "stun guns"? the police use them safely. i just hope it doesn't come
security on every plane.. thats a sad thought.
-mark
'95 Dodge Dakota (SM!TTY)
'84 Monte Carlo
'87 Buick Grand National (KATSASS)
'99 Dodge Intrepid ES (wife's baby)
jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> jbleazard@sympatico.ca wrote:
> : Hey Jon,
>
> : Just wanted to check... is your brother at home now? I know he was going to
> : school in NYC at one point.
>
> Nope, he's down in Florida right now; looking for a teaching job in
> Boca Raton. Thanks for your concern though. :-) He did just fly up
> and back a couple of weeks ago to be the best man in a friend's wedding
> though; kinda makes you think. :-P (Although I'd almost feel sorry for
> the terrorist who tries to hijack a plane with my brother aboard...) ;-)
>
> Speaking of which, that's one thing that kind've has me baffled;
> obviously the details are sketchy and we may never know what actually
> happened, but APPARENTLY these hijackers took the planes with nothing
> more than knives and cardboard cutters??? A couple of guys with knives
> vs 60-90 people? Hindsight is 20/20 and sitting here behind a computer
> screen its easy to criticize, but if you're going to die anyway, what
> have you got to lose? Take 'em out; or die trying... I suspect perhaps
> the passengers thought it was a "routine" hijacking, maybe they'd sit
> on the runway for a few hours before they were rescued. ? All just
> useless speculation at this point though. Hopefully some lessons will
> be learned from this though so its not a total waste. A couple of
> things that come to mind... Perhaps every plane should be equipped
> with weapons of some sort, accessible only by the crew? Even rubber
> bullets or non-lethal types of weapons would probably be enough.
> Also, and this one is even more obvious... Why is it possible for the
> bulkhead between the cabin and the pilots to be breached? If the
> hijackers can't get into the cabin, the plane isn't going anywhere.
> I seem to recall several years back Paul Harvey was reporting
> on a hijacking, and kept repeating the word "gas" several times during
> the story. If the cockpit was able to be physically isolated from the
> rest of the cabin and the plane were equipped with a system to release
> gas into the cabin to put everyone to sleep, the plane could be landed
> safely and the terrorists would wake up in a jail cell somewhere.
>
> Anyway, its all just stupid speculation... What a day! :-( It still
> hasn't really sunk in for me; I keep expecting the credits to roll.
> My condolences to everyone directly affected, and best of luck to those
> involved with the rescue efforts.
>
> Dak content: ...not important right now.
>
> --
>
> -Jon-
>
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