tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617133.post113412654273410183..comments2023-08-25T05:26:49.788-04:00Comments on The Grape's Vine: Second Guessing Air Marshals BeginsKannafoothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548556572562266584noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617133.post-1134167554009768262005-12-09T17:32:00.000-05:002005-12-09T17:32:00.000-05:00The facts in this case are quite simple and they h...<I>The facts in this case are quite simple and they have been confirmed by over 100 passengers on the flight. The man looked agitated before boarding the flight. He stated he had a bomb.</I><BR/><BR/>I haven't seen one interview with one passenger that said he stated he had a bomb, let alone 100.<BR/><BR/>No matter how you look at it, this is a horrible tragedy. Someone was needlessly shot. My heart goes out to everyone involved in this accident. In the best case, the needless shooting was unavoidable once the man got on the plane.<BR/><BR/>If he said he had a bomb, there was nothing the marshal could really do about it. He had to do what he did.<BR/><BR/>However, can you please provide the link where a passenger is interviewed and says that he heard the man say he had a bomb? I just haven't seen it.<BR/><BR/>He didn't stop when asked to, and that clearly provoked the situation. That part is corroborated. About the bomb, we really don't know.<BR/><BR/>It is inaccurate to accuse people of second guessing. By definition, second guessing occurs based on the outcome of a situation (shooting an innocent man) -- things you learn later once the situation is over. Right now it seems that the facts available to the marshals at the time are under dispute, considering the conflicts in the witness reports.<BR/><BR/>Initially, I read that he was running from the plane yelling that he had a bomb and that he was going to blow it up. In that context, nobody can fault the marshal for doing his job.<BR/><BR/>And if there are 100 corroborating reports about the bomb, or even a handful of passenger reports, I'll agree that it's just a tragedy rather than a marshal's mistake. But what happened to these passengers that supposedly heard about the bomb?JP Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796725364997136448noreply@blogger.com