Re: plane crash

> From: David William McKay
>
> And this surprises you ... how?
And what surprises me???  I'm not sure what part of my post you are
questioning.

David

>
> Or do I misread you?
>
> --david
>
> The Gray Wizard wrote:
>
> > > From: Adam Walker
> > >
> > > There's just been another American Airlines plane (a 767)
> crash in NYC,
> > > Queens this time.  No word yet on deaths or whether it had
> anything to do
> > > with terrorism, but the stockmarket has already dropped 2% in
> response and
> > > there *are* buildings on fire.
> >
> > I was sitting at the gate waiting to board a plane at
> Washington-Dulles when
> > this happened.  I was watching "CNN Airport News" which is apparently a
> > precanned feed with only occasional live news reporting.  On
> one of those
> > occasions, the news ticker reported that an AA plane was down
> and then the
> > screen went blank.  When it came back on they were reporting the sports
> > scores.  The incident was never mentioned again in the next 20
> minutes.  I
> > called my wife and she checked the "real" CNN news and told me what had
> > happened.  This appeared to have been a deliberate, if clumsy,
> attempt to
> > withhold this information from the passengers at Dulles.  Very
> > disappointing.  I considered going back home, but after my wife
> confirmed
> > that it was being called an accident, I decided to continue my
> journey.  I
> > boarded the plane and arrived safely in Kansas City.
> >
> > I made the decision to fly because I had "some" information on
> which to base
> > that decision. I resent the fact that there was a deliberate attempt to
> > withhold that information from me and other passengers who, because of a
> > lack of knowledge, were precluded from making a decision and
> blindly boarded
> > the plane.
> >
> > Stay curious,
> > David
> >
> > David E. Bell
> > The Gray Wizard
> > i guronar demith
> > ir gonar amis
> > www.graywizard.net
> >
> > Wisdom begins in wonder.
> > elivas en ishron ordelmar cotronian
> > istran yani godran udhelfas
>

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