Passenger tells of stopping terror suspect

[NewLIfeArea]

Source: NBC, msnbc.com and news services

A pop and puff of smoke was all it took for the passenger to react, jumping across an aisle on Northwest 253 to subdue a would-be terrorist.

"I didn't think. I just went over there to try to save the plane," Jasper Schuringa of Amsterdam told CNN.

As passengers on Flight 253 screamed "fire, fire" on Friday, Schuringa said he figured the suspect was "trying to blow up the plane."

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34596209/ns/us_news-security/

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Thanks man.. He is heroic. He isn't an America. He is from Netherlands.

[tabasco]

1. Nice work, Dutch dude!

Th only thing more difficult for the freepers would have been if he was French.

[goclark]

2. K and R just saw him on CNN

Wish he could fly on every plane ~ he was amazing!

[Don Caballero]

3. An American hero

and a real hottie. The girls must be going crazy over this hunk. Wow.

[Ikonoklast]

10. Ummm, no. He's Dutch.

[Don Caballero]

11. Oh yes you are right.

Thanks for that. Does not diminish his beauty and strong character.

[bluedave]

4. tossed

Maybe he should have been tossed out the door to put his leg out

[Loudmxr]

5. Those of us who have the "bravery gene" know.

Kudos to you brother. Yes it does get us into trouble sometimes cause we always go towards the danger instead of away from it... I recognize my kin.:hi:

[Gregorian]

8. Yes. I was thinking the same thing. Vigilance and quick acting.

I guess that's why I've had such a hard time in life. But that's another story.

[slackmaster]

30. I have the same "problem"

I know for sure that I have saved at least one life because of it, maybe several.

[crazyjoe]

33. Yes, for I too am burdened with this special gift

to go be faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive.......

[AlphaCentauri]

6. what was the weapon?

[Tx4obama]

12. 80 grams PETN

Investigators say the suspect had more than 80 grams of PETN, a compound related to nitro-glycerin used by the military. The so-called shoe bomber, Richard Reid, had only about 50 grams kin his failed attempt in 2001 to blow up a U.S.-bound jet. Yesterday’s bomb failed because the detonator may have been too small or was not in “proper contact” with the explosive material, investigators told ABC News.

[Ex Lurker]

16. umm, maybe they shouldn't be giving the bad guys hints on how to improve their bombs? n/t

[Abq_Sarah]

22. If he was trying to mix a binary explosive

The guys who recruited him already know how to do it, this was a case of "operator error".

The trick is finding someone stupid enough to tape the ingredients to their crotch yet smart enough to follow the directions when it comes to mixing, the waiting period and affixing the detonator.

[ananda]

7. Pic here!

He is a hottie!

[Don Caballero]

9. Yummy

[PatSeg]

14. Oh my!!!

He really is a hottie!

[Sultana]

27. Sxc

love me some European men :D


Kudos to the dude

[Rosa Luxemburg]

13. what happened to the first report of a firecracker?

[slackmaster]

28. It was dumb and has been forgotten except by a few paranoid people

:nuke:

[Christa]

15. Oh Yummy

a good looking real life hero.

I see a movie in the making.

[TomCADem]

17. Kudos Dutch Dude!

[marshall]

18. Thank goodness he was there to take this monster down!

And hopefully the bomber will lead the authorities to the snakepit that sent him out on a suicide mission.

[Name removed]

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[Johnny ramone]

20. K&R

What a brave guy !

[Historic NY]

21. Most sheeple will still just sit there....

because they are so afraid.

[elleng]

24. Hey, Historic, how about most PEOPLE are afraid?

Anything wrong with that?

[we can do it]

37. Yes - People Need To Grow a Spine and Stand Up

[paulsby]

23. thankfully, a lot of bombs fail to go off

when you think about it, there are a LOT of people alive because bombers so often fail with their devices.

columbine... (they had many devices that didn't go off. would have killed a lot more people), the recent seattle car bombing by monford (who later shot 2 seattle cops... he set some secondary devices to go off when the cops/firemen responded to the police cars he lit on fire), this incident, and several others i have heard of.

[comtec]

25. Is anyone asking WHY this guy got through security?`

During all the probulation and bullshit I had to go through on my recent visit back to california (and back to holland) I wondered if any of this actually stopped ONE fucking terrorist.

I guess the answer is NO!!!!!

Looks like all this is just to keep US in line.

Who gives a fuck about the actual safety of the passengers!

and for my buur man:

Goed gedaan joh! Ik ben harstikke trots aan je!

[slackmaster]

29. Security people in Amsterdam were probably afraid of being accused of "profiling" the guy

[TheWatcher]

31. No, because people are too busy believing in fake boogeymen.

[Betty Karlson]

41. (Trots OP je)

[comtec]

43. bedankt =]

ben ik hier net al zes jaar.
nog steeds nieuw met de taal XÞ
vresselijke taal LOL

[Betty Karlson]

44. Well, it is one of the world's most difficult languages

to learn. The grammatical refinement and subtle nuances in the vocabulary make it so. (And then the assortment of fricatives and dual vowels adds another difficulty to the pronunciation of the Dutch language.)

Evengoed mijn complimenten voor je pogingen om de taal onder de knie te krijgen. Ook al ben je er nog maar zes jaar en ook al is de taal nog steeds nieuw voor je, je zult vanzelf merken dat de taal niet alleen maar vreselijk is. Mettertijd zul je de ruwe charme ervan ontdekken. Onthoud voor nu:

Aan = To
Op = On

[comtec]

26. UPDATE from Dutch News

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/12/extra_security_at_schiphol_aft.php>

it would seem this guy got on in Nigeria, and was able to by-pass security that way.

However what I'm confused about is that you have to go through security at EVERY port at Schipol Airport.
That is no shoes, etc anytime you get in to the boarding area.

So im still confused as to how this person's shoes were not scanned.

[rasputin1952]

32. In so many cases, all it takes is for a single individual to act...

to have a positive outcome. Others moved because this man did what was the correct thing to do...Excellent work...:patriot:

[BB1]

34. That one up for us Dutchies!

Recently on a popular Dutch blog, there was discussion about an event in Utah. An American guy had given a Dutch friend of his a knife for a present. The Dutch guy returned the knife, because he didn't want a weapon as a gift.
Wasn't a big knife, but that was not the point of the discussion. This act kind of relates to that. The only people in Holland who carry knifes (or guns, for that matter) and use them in public, are not the kind of people who would step up and be a hero.

He not only saved the people on the plane, I realised, but maybe a lot of people on the grond as well.

[Odin2005]

35. Brave guy!

[madokie]

36. When it comes right down to it he should be considered a hero of the planet earth

We should all be working on a unified world instead of a divided one like we have now with a small percentage of the worlds population controlling all the rest of us and many of those in the ruling class have intentions that have noting to do with our well being as a whole.

Yes the man is a Hero.

splchk

[Black Adder]

38. Yes he should

Yes the man is a Hero.

Yes, he would be ---- if he were an American.

[Betty Karlson]

39. I suppose you mean that comment to be

criticism of the American way of thinking? Because if you really mean it, I would like to put you on 'ignore' for revolting ethnocentrism.

[comtec]

45. it's a comment on the american mentality

As mentioned up thread, if it was a frenchie every one at fox/s head would have exploded LOL
and the story would probably be buried under "person stop terrorist"
granted im in holland, so i don't actually know how it's currently being spun.

-A patriot in Exile.

[Betty Karlson]

46. That's reassuring. Thanks for the response.

[comtec]

47. Graag gedaan

[marshall]

40. I'm surprised nobody is saying they thought he was masturbating

He sounds like an absolute stooge. Returns from the bathroom after twenty minutes, covers himself with a blanket, and proceeds to go through the motions of trying to ignite explosives that are sewn into his underwear. I'm sure to the casual observer it would have looked like he was pleasuring himself.

[marasinghe]

42. the dude rocks.

:applause: :bounce: :toast: