Reply #78: It seems the AMF is confused about whether the man said [View All]

he had a bomb or not:

James Bauer, the special agent in charge of federal air marshals in Miami gave this statement on Wednesday:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec05/mia...

"JAMES BAUER: At approximately 2:10 this afternoon, American Airlines Flight 924 was boarding at Gate D.-42 -- it was in the boarding process. An individual later tentatively identified as Rigoberto Alpizar, age 44, was boarding that aircraft as well.

At some point, he uttered threatening words that included a sense that, in fact, that he had a bomb. There were federal air marshals on board the aircraft. They came out of their cover, confronted him, and he remained noncompliant with their instructions.

As he was attempting to evade them, his actions caused the FAM's to fire shots and, in fact, he is deceased."

So we have one spokesman quoting the man as saying he would blow up the plane yet another spokesman says only a 'sense' that he had a bomb.

And yet another version from another spokesperson:

"Dave Adams, a spokesman for the Federal Air Marshal Service, said Alpizar had run up and down the plane's aisle yelling, "I have a bomb in my bag."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/08/airplane.gunshot/index.html

It is interesting, to say the least, that the officials in this case seem to less than clear on the facts.