so a plane crashed a few miles from my home...

Taylor Rudd

Taylor Rudd

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/18/texas.plane.crash/index.html?hpt=T1

I was on my way to a shoot across town when I saw some smoke. Craziness.

(CNN) -- The latest news as it comes in to CNN from the scene of the crash of a small plane in Austin, Texas. (All times are ET, one hour ahead of local Austin time.)
12:49 p.m.: The Internal Revenue Service in Dallas, Texas, told CNN that the building is a federal IRS outsourced building. It said 199 of its employees work there. The IRS said it thinks all employees are accounted for, but they are checking.
12:42 p.m.: The pilot of the plane had set his house on fire beforehand, stole the plane and crashed it intentionally, a federal official told CNN.
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12:40 p.m.: Federal officials said two F-16 fighter jets were launched as a precaution after the crash, though terrorist intent was not indicated.

The FAA reported that the plane that crashed was a Cirrus SR 22 similar to this one.
12:32 p.m.: Preliminary information indicates that the plane was a Cirrus SR 22, the FAA said. A Cirrus SR22 is a single-engine four-seat aircraft.
12:32 p.m.: The FAA said the plane departed Georgetown Municipal Airport, north of Austin, about 9:40 a.m., and that the pilot did not file a flight plan.
12:18 p.m.: Witnesses described an infernal scene that shook nearby buildings and sent fire and smoke bellowing into the sky. "I just saw smoke and flames," said CNN iReporter Mike Ernest. "I could not believe what I was seeing. It was just smoke and flames everywhere."
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12:11 p.m.: Harry Evans of the Austin Fire Department said firefighters found "heavy fire destruction in and around the second floor ... lots of heat, lots of smoke, lots of fire."
12:05 p.m.: Two people were transported from the crash site to University Medical Center Brackenridge, said hospital spokeswoman Matilda Sanchez. She could not provide additional information. University Medical Center Brackenridge is the only Level 1 trauma center for adults in Austin.
12:03 p.m.: Cynthia Reed, who works in the building next to the one hit, told CNN she saw people who apparently were trapped. "They were hanging out the windows, screaming for help," she said.
12:02 p.m.: "At this time we have no reason to believe there is a nexus to criminal or terrorist activity," said Matt Chandler, spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security. "We are in the process of coordinating with state officials and other federal partners to gather more information and at this time we will defer additional questions to local officials and the FAA."
11:44 a.m.: Firefighters used two ladder trucks and other equipment to hose down the blaze at the building, which police said was located in the 9400 block of Research Boulevard. Traffic on Southbound U.S. 183, which is adjacent to the crash site, started to snarl as black smoke poured out of the seven-story building.
11:36 a.m.: A small airplane crashed into a building in Austin, Texas, Thursday morning, according to Lynn Lundsford of the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Maybe he was thinking "Now I don't have to pay my taxes or have my house foreclosed"?

B@stard... hopefully the report of no injuries in the building is correct.
 
I don't find it difficult to imagine what he was thinking.

Not that I'm necessarily getting it right, or anything.
 
Suicides happen in small planes more that people realize. That's the 2nd SR22 to crash in two weeks (nothing is wrong with the plane, it even has a parachute system). It's a pretty sweet little 4 seat plane, I have 100+ hours in one, what a waste. Damn!
 
Did my VFR time in Cessnas - 172s, 172As.

Absolutely the worst plane to use for a skydiving platform, btw. Worst one I've ever jumped from, anyway.
 
Sad Max said:
The closer we get to April 15th the clearer his thinking is likely to appear, to a lot of people.
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I can understand frustration with the system. I can understand desperation. I can understand feeling an absence of justice. I can understand a belief that we can be unfairly treated.

I can even understand that someone would feel life is not worth living.

I cannot in any way connect that to an attempt to kill a bunch of people that you have never met, who are all facing many of the same struggles you are.
 
Jim Brennan said:
I can understand frustration with the system. I can understand desperation. I can understand feeling an absence of justice. I can understand a belief that we can be unfairly treated.

I can even understand that someone would feel life is not worth living.

I cannot in any way connect that to an attempt to kill a bunch of people that you have never met, who are all facing many of the same struggles you are.
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Respect JIM!

PEACE!
 
Jim Brennan said:
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I cannot in any way connect that to an attempt to kill a bunch of people that you have never met, who are all facing many of the same struggles you are.
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Well to him they were the enemy. They were the people that were screwing him (in his mind). Not justifying in any way. It seems he'd taken (in his mind) a couple of decades worth of shi* from the IRS and felt they were responsible for his troubles. Also claims he went through many channels, many meetings, letters, many normal forms of recourse. Talked in his letter about seeking therapy as "the responsible thing to do" having some inkling of how far off the deep end he was slipping because of something to do with buying a piano, then called seeking the therapy a terrible mistake.

If I had to hazard a guess I'm sure the attempt to take others out was part effort to take control back from those people whom he saw as taking complete control over his life, and maybe to "strike some blow" to make a difference.

Again. Not justifying any of it. Let's say he's 100% right on every point. Still not saying it's justified, but I can understand it in a Michael Douglass Falling Down / Stephen Root "Where's my stapler" Office Space kind of way.

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Jack Daniel Stanley said:
Well to him they were the enemy. They were the people that were screwing him (in his mind). Not justifying in any way. It seems he'd taken (in his mind) a couple of decades worth of shi* from the IRS and felt they were responsible for his troubles. Also claims he went through many channels, many meetings, letters, many normal forms of recourse. Talked in his letter about seeking therapy as "the responsible thing to do" having some inkling of how far off the deep end he was slipping because of something to do with buying a piano, then called seeking the therapy a terrible mistake.

If I had to hazard a guess I'm sure the attempt to take others out was part effort to take control back from those people whom he saw as taking complete control over his life, and maybe to "strike some blow" to make a difference.

Again. Not justifying any of it. Let's say he's 100% right on every point. Still not saying it's justified, but I can understand it in a Michael Douglass Falling Down / Stephen Root "Where's my stapler" Office Space kind of way.

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Piece of cake after he went through the FAA process.

FAA is getting tired of this and should require psychological testing, that's about where we are at... Remember the kid that flew a little cessna into a bulding right after 911? Can't remember but he might have stole it? No license? dunno, forgot about that NTSB report.
 
ChipG said:
FAA is getting tired of this and should require psychological testing, that's about where we are at... ...
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Yeah I can see that we may be getting into one of those areas where we have to restrict recreation for normal people because of a few psychos.
 
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