A Legend in His Own Mind
Fish Stories More Risky Via Email
Josh Marshal
TPM
December 5, 2009
Here's a fun story to end the week with.
Guy sends an email to friends and family recounting his single-handedly thwarting a potential terrorist plane hijacking at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport by man-handling a group of Arabs in "full attire" and tossing them from the plane. The email goes viral on the right-wing interwebs, even ending up on Glenn Beck's Project 9/12 website.
Turns out the incident was actually a misunderstanding that happened when a Spanish-speaking passenger didn't understand a flight attendant's instructions to turn off his cell phone. And even better, the "hero" who wrote the email wasn't even in Atlanta when the events happened. He was supposed to be, but missed his connecting flight. (The airline debunks the email in great detail here.)
But hey, let's not let that stop us from enjoying Tedd Petruna's description of his swashbuckling run-in with the terrorists.
I think my favorite part is the moment when two of the Muslim terrorists, apparently getting ready to hijack the plane, "began to show footage of a porno they had taped the night before, and were very loud about it." Now, I don't know terrorist best practices. But it seems like an odd time to bust out some porn. Petruna explains the significance of this odd behavior ...
(Original, with hotlinks, here.)
Josh Marshal
TPM
December 5, 2009
Here's a fun story to end the week with.
Guy sends an email to friends and family recounting his single-handedly thwarting a potential terrorist plane hijacking at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport by man-handling a group of Arabs in "full attire" and tossing them from the plane. The email goes viral on the right-wing interwebs, even ending up on Glenn Beck's Project 9/12 website.
Turns out the incident was actually a misunderstanding that happened when a Spanish-speaking passenger didn't understand a flight attendant's instructions to turn off his cell phone. And even better, the "hero" who wrote the email wasn't even in Atlanta when the events happened. He was supposed to be, but missed his connecting flight. (The airline debunks the email in great detail here.)
But hey, let's not let that stop us from enjoying Tedd Petruna's description of his swashbuckling run-in with the terrorists.
I think my favorite part is the moment when two of the Muslim terrorists, apparently getting ready to hijack the plane, "began to show footage of a porno they had taped the night before, and were very loud about it." Now, I don't know terrorist best practices. But it seems like an odd time to bust out some porn. Petruna explains the significance of this odd behavior ...
(Original, with hotlinks, here.)
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Oh, no ... Say it ain’t so … Glenn Beck website spreading stories … what will the world come to ?
Good thing that we have the good folks at FOX News to make sure the right story gets out … take Friday’s Special Report with Bret Baier newscast … BREAKING NEWS … Terrorist Attack in Russia … well maybe not … what’s that expression, We report, You decide … seeing it live when the local anchor in Russia said it was not terrorism was not accepted by the host who followed it up giving here a second chance to say terrorism … but she closed with Nyet.
Here’s the transcript … the video is more dramatic.
BAIER: On the left, a deadly nightclub explosion in the city of Perm, Russia. And on the right, images from Perugia, Italy, where a verdict is expected any minute in the trial of American student Amanda Knox who is accused of murdering her roommate. First to Russia where media reports are now saying at least 76 people, possibly 100 people have died in a nightclub explosion in the city of Perm about 850 miles east of Moscow. You're looking at Russian TV on the left of your screen.
Most of the dead and wounded are said to be employees of the club and their relatives. They were reportedly about 200 people in that club at the time of the blast. It's believed pyrotechnics ignited in the club, and it's not known whether they were part of a performance or in storage. But this incident comes on the heels of last week's terrorist bombing of a high-speed train between Russia and St. Petersburg that killed 26 people.
Joining us now on the phone FOX News producer Anya Ardayeva. Anya, can you tell the latest from Russia.
ANYA ARDAYEVA, FOX NEWS SENIOR PRODUCER (via telephone): Hi, Bret. The information we have at this point is very limited. But what we do know is that the explosion occurred during a private party. As you said, some 200 people were at that party at the time, and according to the latest, about 100 people have died and 90 people injured.
The explosion was reportedly caused by fireworks that led to fire. According to the Russian media reports, those fireworks were not supposed to be used inside of the building, and the fact that they were used reportedly led to the tragedy.
Russian news agencies are now quoting the Russian emergency ministry as saying that the fire has been put out. Vladimir Putin has reportedly been informed about the incident, that is the Russian prime minister, and he has ordered a special government commission to investigate what exactly happened at the nightclub.
Back to you, Bret.
BAIER: And, Anya, quickly, you know, in the context of terrorism, they're saying now it was pyrotechnics or fireworks but you have the environment there in Russia where Prime Minister Putin has just talked about all of the terrorism that he sees on the horizon potentially and going after it, so I'm sure people are on edge wondering what the cause of this particular bombing was.
ARDAYEVA: That's correct. Just last week, there was a terrorist attack at a railway which connects Russia's two main cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg. This explosion which blew up a train, Nevsky Express, took the lives of 26 people and injured scores more. And, of course, everyone is watching now to see whether the investigators will be definitely concluding that this is not a terrorist attack, although I have to tell you the Russian general prosecutor's office has just come out and said what happened at the nightclub in Perm was definitely not a terrorist attack, but we have to wait and see.
Maybe instead of "We Report, You decide", it should be "We provide the dots, You connect them".
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