Philip Sondericker wrote in message ...
I actually found it somewhat humorous when the story mentioned the Florida
kid who stole an airplane and crashed it into a Tampa skyscraper. The intent
may have been to startle us with the destructive potential of GA aircraft,
but the accompanying picture was a hilarious counterpoint--a shot of a
massive skyscraper with just a tiny bit of damage, hardly even noticable
unless you were looking for it. The narrator, of course, missed the irony.

And the narrator's "They were powerless to stop it!".

They had a helicopter flying alongside... they just didn't feel it was
necessary to shoot down a teenage student pilot. Neither did the USAF
when he flew over their base beforehand.

It sure would be nice if CBS did a balanced piece showing how
important GA is to such things as getting donor organs to people on
time, moving packages and checks, etc.