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plane crash into IRS building in Austin
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WTF is going on in Austin today?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/18/te...dex.html?hpt=T1
Austin plane crash was deliberate, official says
(CNN) -- An Austin, Texas, resident with an apparent grudge against the Internal Revenue Service set his house on fire Thursday and then crashed a small plane into a building housing an IRS office with nearly 200 employees, officials said.
Federal authorities identified the pilot of the Piper Cherokee PA-28 as Joseph Andrew Stack, 53.
Two people were injured and one person was missing, local officials said. There were no reported deaths.
A message on a Web site registered to Stack appears to be a suicide note.
"If you're reading this, you're no doubt asking yourself, 'Why did this have to happen?' " the message says. "The simple truth is that it is complicated and has been coming for a long time."
In the lengthy, rambling message, the writer rails against the government and, particularly, the IRS.
"I saw it written once that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different," the online message says. "I am finally ready to stop this insanity. Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let's try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well."
Two people were transported 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.
St. David's Medical Center, the other major hospital in the area, said it had not received any patients.
Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell said one person remained unaccounted for Thursday afternoon.
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."
The crash occurred around 10 a.m. (11 a.m. ET).
Firefighters used two ladder trucks and other equipment to hose down the blaze at the Echelon office building, which police said is in the 9400 block of Research Boulevard.
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The flames seemed mostly extinguished about 75 minutes later.
The FAA said preliminary information indicated the plane departed Georgetown Municipal Airport north of Austin about 9:40 a.m. CT.
Jack Lillis, an attendant at Georgetown airport, said initial indications are that the flight originated there but there were conflicting reports and he could not verify that information.
The pilot evidently did not file a flight plan, the FAA said. No flight plan was required because flights Thursday morning were under visual flight rules, or VFR, because of clear weather.
Leffingwell downplayed any possible terrorism links to the crash.
"It is an isolated incident," the mayor said. "The people of Austin, the people of the nation, are in no danger whatsoever."
He added that "there is evidence that the gas tank was just about full. ... That amount of gasoline ... can do a lot of damage."
Two F-16 fighter jets were sent from Houston as a precaution, but federal authorities said preliminary information did not indicate any terrorist connection to the crash.
"We do not yet know the cause of the plane crash," the Department of Homeland Security said in a release. "At this time, we have no reason to believe there is a nexus to terrorist activity. We continue to gather more information, and are aware there is additional information about the pilot's history." |
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| sharper |
wow, that is really really long!
the end: "Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, letŐs try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well." |
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| LeopoldStotch |
you see. you don't want to move here. we have guys crashing airplanes into buildings. loonies shooting guns in front of the capitol building. crazy lunatics shooting people at an army base. i say stay where you are safe. :clown:
sad to here. it happened 3.5 miles east of where i am (work). :( the guy didn't have to put multiple people's innocent lives at stake if he was upset with someone else. |
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| Benjamin DuBose |
| quote: | Originally posted by LeopoldStotch
the guy didn't have to put multiple people's innocent lives at stake if he was upset with someone else. |
No he Didn't but One day the American people are going to do this at one time instead of one incident here and one there When they just can't take any more of the Government ing them.
They put crooks in jail for stealing something, But the Government steals from us everyday and get away with it. Almost i mean almost but not all. Politicians are nothing more than educated crook. Most with law degrees that know how to find loop holes to keep taking our hard earned money.
And to pay to drive on a road that out tax dollars paid for "tollways" Is one thing that really makes me boil.
The Government could care less if you were going to be homeless if you had to pay them money back in Taxes as long as they get it. Our Country is going to because of greed. |
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| Matthias |
No wonder my damn tax refund is taking so long... :P
| quote: | Originally posted by sharper
"I saw it written once that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different" |
I've always felt this was more or less and example of insanity rather than the definition. I define it as the partial or complete absense of logic.
"What if I told you insane was working fifty hours a week in some office for fifty years at the end of which they tell you to piss off; ending up in some retirement village hoping to die before suffering the indignity of trying to make it to the toilet on time? Wouldn't you consider that to be insane?"
-Steve Buscemi in Con Air |
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| Matthias |
| quote: | Originally posted by Benjamin DuBose
Our Country is going to because of greed. |
I think that ship has sailed my friend. |
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| Carlos Pereira |
I don't know about you guys....
but I believe in ghosts n' stuff. :D |
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| djnitride |
| quote: | Originally posted by Carlos Pereira
I don't know about you guys....
but I believe in ghosts n' stuff. :D |
:conf: |
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| Matthias |
| quote: | Originally posted by Carlos Pereira
I don't know about you guys....
but I believe in ghosts n' stuff. :D |
n|gger you belive in unicorns, faeries, and eskimos:whip: :haha: |
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| jonas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Carlos Pereira
I don't know about you guys....
but I believe in ghosts n' stuff. :D |
ghey much? |
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| Nurdy South |
| Gotta say, the IRS is going over 2006, 2007 tax returns with a fine tooth comb and fining businesses for the smallest oversights. The company where I work has been hit with $1000s in fines for ridiculous reasons. Obviously the govt is trying to bring in more dollars by fining people but it's making the people I work for crazy. |
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