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Topic: Plane crash into building Austin, TX
EquusDancer Joined Sun 04/05/09 Posts: 6281	Thu 02/18/10 04:41 PM
My aunt answered the phone saying "it wasn't me and my building!" She works kitty-corner to that building. There's only about 200 people in that building tops, and with different hours, they wouldn't all be in at once.

DoDmember Joined Tue 10/20/09 Posts: 89	Thu 02/18/10 05:17 PM
police have recovered a body from the building. no word on if it is the missing worker or the attacker. for more information see http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/18/texas.plane.crash/index.html

DoDmember Joined Tue 10/20/09 Posts: 89	Thu 02/18/10 06:04 PM Edited by DoDmember on Thu 02/18/10 06:07 PM
Cruising speed of an SR22 is 213 MPH, it carries 92 gallons of fuel, and is a 4-seater private aircraft. with 4 seats he easly could have put a bunch of gas cans or even a good sized bomb on bord. one tv report i saw said that was a real possibility. also athough ive not heard any reports saying this i do wonder if there could have been a hostage or 2 on bord the plane.

DoDmember Joined Tue 10/20/09 Posts: 89	Thu 02/18/10 06:10 PM
The plane hit the Echelon Building, which is next to a major highway in north Austin. The IRS, CIA and FBI all have offices in the complex where the building is located, though it was not clear if they are in the building that was hit. The FBI said its office was not in the building that was struck. the FBI is actualy located in another building near by.

Atlantis75 Joined Wed 12/03/08 Posts: 8581	Thu 02/18/10 06:20 PM
Cruising speed of an SR22 is 213 MPH, it carries 92 gallons of fuel, and is a 4-seater private aircraft. with 4 seats he easly could have put a bunch of gas cans or even a good sized bomb on bord. one tv report i saw said that was a real possibility. also athough ive not heard any reports saying this i do wonder if there could have been a hostage or 2 on bord the plane. He was directing his anger at IRS, and not against someone particular, so this "hostage" idea is absurd from the start.

DoDmember Joined Tue 10/20/09 Posts: 89	Thu 02/18/10 06:40 PM
of corse its unlikely but he could have goten his hands on some low level gov. worker and put him on the plane. with a nut like this guy anything is possible.

DoDmember Joined Tue 10/20/09 Posts: 89	Thu 02/18/10 08:00 PM
second body found in bilding un clear if they are both victems or if 1 is the attacker. for more information see http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/18/texas.plane.crash/index.html?hpt=C1

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Thu 02/18/10 09:32 PM
He flew an airplane into a government building. If he was a Muslim, he would have been called a terrorist. Just sayin.

Dragoness Joined Wed 10/17/07 Posts: 23320	Thu 02/18/10 09:37 PM
He flew an airplane into a government building. If he was a Muslim, he would have been called a terrorist. Just sayin. He is an American terrorist. He targeted our government and flew a suicide bombing.

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Thu 02/18/10 09:39 PM
He flew an airplane into a government building. If he was a Muslim, he would have been called a terrorist. Just sayin. He is an American terrorist. He targeted our government and flew a suicide bombing. Has the news called him that yet? I didn't watch the news tonight because of my child's birthday.

yellowrose10 Joined Tue 12/11/07 Posts: 52804	Thu 02/18/10 09:47 PM
by definition, this guy is a terrorist, just like Timothy McVeigh regardless of race, religion, gender, or whatever http://terrorism.about.com/od/whatisterroris1/ss/DefineTerrorism_5.htm

markumX Joined Wed 06/03/09 Posts: 677	Fri 02/19/10 04:51 AM
i'm sure fox will try to tie this in with Islam some hoe or ignore it all together since the pilot wasn't arab. the whole time i was screaming please don't be muslim please don't be muslim

willing2 Joined Sun 06/08/08 Posts: 20221	Fri 02/19/10 04:59 AM
by definition, this guy is a terrorist, just like Timothy McVeigh regardless of race, religion, gender, or whatever http://terrorism.about.com/od/whatisterroris1/ss/DefineTerrorism_5.htm] And the IRS isn't a terrorist organization?

willing2 Joined Sun 06/08/08 Posts: 20221	Fri 02/19/10 05:01 AM
He flew an airplane into a government building. If he was a Muslim, he would have been called a terrorist. Just sayin. From what I've seen of airplane terrorist. A lone pilot wouldn't be Muslim. They like taking innocent infidels down with them.

markumX Joined Wed 06/03/09 Posts: 677	Fri 02/19/10 05:04 AM
first learn what an infidel is

willing2 Joined Sun 06/08/08 Posts: 20221	Fri 02/19/10 05:11 AM
Me bad. Non-believers. Nit-picky a wee bit.

AdventureBegins Joined Tue 04/10/07 Posts: 7666	Fri 02/19/10 07:46 AM
what are you talking about this one was about noon 9/11 was around 9 or 10 as i recall how do those hours make the buildings "empty" did i miss something Upwards of 2000 lives lost at 9/11... How can anyone have considered that 'empty'... Oft I wonder at the human creature... Point/counterpoint holds more importance than truth. We are quite strange.

AdventureBegins Joined Tue 04/10/07 Posts: 7666	Fri 02/19/10 07:50 AM
He flew an airplane into a government building. If he was a Muslim, he would have been called a terrorist. Just sayin. He IS a terrorist... Application of force to garner attention to ideology... Application of force directed at percived focus of anger... without consideration of the human costs. This man became a terrorist.

AdventureBegins Joined Tue 04/10/07 Posts: 7666	Fri 02/19/10 07:55 AM
first learn what an infidel is Nicely put. And before that first learn the what Islam is... A religion simular to christianity that contians within its spectrum of believers, both stable people, and extreme people. It is the way of life.

CatsLoveMe Joined Wed 09/16/09 Posts: 4522	Fri 02/19/10 10:06 AM
He flew an airplane into a government building. If he was a Muslim, he would have been called a terrorist. Just sayin. He is an American terrorist. He targeted our government and flew a suicide bombing. "Was." He's dead, Jim.