http://hownow.brownpau.com/archives/2003/11/hero-and-martyr The personal website of Paulo Ordoveza Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:07:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://hownow.brownpau.com/archives/2003/11/hero-and-martyr#comment-2646 Paulo Mon, 24 Nov 2003 08:58:32 +0000 http://dev.brownpau.com/wp/?p=1921#comment-2646 Yeah, you're right, Frankie. I guess someone who goes into the control tower with guns, bombs, and armed men must have only the most peaceful intentions in mind. Hey, I have news for you: this entry is over three weeks old, and isn't even on the front page of my site -- or my mind -- anymore. Write the newspapers, not me. Thanks. Yeah, you’re right, Frankie. I guess someone who goes into the control tower with guns, bombs, and armed men must have only the most peaceful intentions in mind. Hey, I have news for you: this entry is over three weeks old, and isn’t even on the front page of my site — or my mind — anymore. Write the newspapers, not me. Thanks.

]]> http://hownow.brownpau.com/archives/2003/11/hero-and-martyr#comment-2645 frankie Sun, 23 Nov 2003 22:27:04 +0000 http://dev.brownpau.com/wp/?p=1921#comment-2645 What violent take-over? The only violence was that done to Pilo & co. What hostages? He sent everyone out (for their safety). What danger to lives? Approach control would never have handed over approaching flights to that tower, but to the alternate already operating at the time. Pilo was speaking over the radio & and there was no threat of violence or disruption to air traffic at all. In fact, the ungodly hour was deliberately calculated to minimize disruption. What violent take-over? The only violence was that done to Pilo & co. What hostages? He sent everyone out (for their safety). What danger to lives? Approach control would never have handed over approaching flights to that tower, but to the alternate already operating at the time. Pilo was speaking over the radio & and there was no threat of violence or disruption to air traffic at all. In fact, the ungodly hour was deliberately calculated to minimize disruption.

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