On Tuesday 11 September 2001 17:46 pm, Joel Hammer wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 05:19:36PM -0400, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> > On Tuesday 11 September 2001 16:53 pm, Joel Hammer wrote:
> > > According to my contact, pilots are trained to crash their planes into
> > > the ground in this sort of situation. First, they are supposed to put
> > > the plane into a roll, hoping to disable the hijacker. Then, into the
> > > ground.
> >
> > No, I don't think so......
>
> My contact's brother flys an airliner. That's what he says.
> Joel
Preposterous... That's like telling women that if they can't get the knife
away from a rapist, and crossing their legs doesn't work, they should commit
suicide!
What is accomplished by driving a plane into the ground? We killed 1 or 2
hijackers but the 90 passengers were 'collateral damage'? Does that sound
sensible to you?
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+ Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 09/11/01 18:03 +
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"We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it that to
consume wealth without producing it." - George Bernard Shaw.
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