Posted on 12/26/2009 9:31:03 PM PST by Federalist Patriot
Here is video of Jasper Schuringa, the passenger who led the way in subduing Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab - the terrorist who attempted to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 as it prepared to land in Detroit on Christmas Day.
Schuringa suffered some burns as he subdued Abdulmutallab, who had attempted to set off an explosive device strapped to his body. Instead, the device caught him on fire. Schuringa subdued him until others came to his aid, and put out the fire. Schuringa tells his the story in his own words of what happened. . . . (VIDEO)
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Terrorists suck
What a supremely modest young man. A true hero.
CNN babe is HOT for Jasper.
Skimming the net tonight I found an article depressingly titled “Officials: Only A Failed Detonator Saved Northwest Flight”
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/northwest-flight-saved-failed-detonator/story?id=9426532
The gist of the article is that there was plenty of PET (high explosive) present to bring down the plane and that the detonator failed to work properly. The hero is a Dutch film maker.
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