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CBS News Piece
Okay, I just watched the story that seems to have everyone up in arms, and I
have to say, it was as ill-conceived and poorly thought out as many people feared. A couple of quick points: 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. I also didn't feel that the airport manager they interviewed was very helpful, but let's all keep in mind that he may have been answering extremely leading questions, and who knows how much of what he said was edited out. Finally, the breathless speculation by the former NTSB official as to what might happen if a small airplane was loaded with explosives was simply irresponsible and willfully ignorant. He surely knows that September 11th was the culmination of DECADES of planning and learning by terrorists. They certainly considered every possibility for carrying out their plans, carefully studied past terrorist attacks, and looked with extreme care at which option had the best chance of working. And guess what? They didn't choose small airplanes. |
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