Posted on 12/26/2009 10:16:44 AM PST by cornelis
"Suddenly, we hear a bang. It sounded like a firecracker went off," said Jasper Schuringa, a film director who was traveling to the US to visit friends.
"When [it] went off, everybody panicked ... Then someone screamed, ‘Fire! Fire!’"
Schuringa, sitting in seat 20J, in the right-most section of the Airbus 330, looked to his left. "I saw smoke rising from a seat ... I didn’t hesitate. I just jumped," he said.
Schuringa dove over four passengers to reach Abdul Mutallab’s seat. The suspect had a blanket on his lap. "It was smoking and there were flames coming from beneath his legs."
"I searched on his body parts and he had his pants open. He had something strapped to his legs."
The unassuming hero ripped the flaming, molten object — which resembled a small, white shampoo bottle — off Abdul Mutallab’s left leg, near his crotch. He said he put out the fire with his bare hands.
Schuringa yelled for water, and members of the flight crew soon appeared with fire extinguishers. Then, he said, he hauled the suspect out of the seat.
"I took him in a choke to the first class and all the people were like, ‘What’s going on?!"
"I don’t feel like a hero," Schuringa told the Post as he recuperated with pals. "It was something that came completely natural ... It was something where I had to do something or it was too late."
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Dutch Treat
Good thing he wasn’t a SEAL!
dutch oven
“I took him in a choke to the first class...
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I like the image of that!
Of course, if he gave him a fat lip he’ll probably be in trouble....
And now we’re all going to be punished by our “government”, which is too friendly with terrorists to actually go after terrorists and will, instead, turn little old ladies upside down in an attempt to make us all “safe”.
A true hero even if he doesn't think he is. God bless you Mr. Schuringa
Too bad he didn't take this terrorist piece of sh#t in a choke that sent him directly to allah.
I just thank God for ALL miracles.
If he wasn’t read his Miranda Rights before being put in a choke hold, the guy will walk. He’ll probably end up suing for discrimination and violation of his civil rights. Being Nigerian, he is, after all, in a “protected class.”
This is the story if you can’t rely on someone else to defend you.
Very impressive story.
How long until a fatwa is issued against Jasper Schuringa? Hopes that this man and his family are in a secure area.
Care to elaborate on what it is you are saying?
I’ll give it a try: If the U.S. can’t secure the airline for you, be prepared to do it yourself, like this passenger did.
Why only one person!!
Why not 6 men!!!
One tough film maker. Wonder if he spent some time in the military.
Why are we paying for the US to protect us, it seems they continue to fail.
But, but, wait! The “terrorist” was only “alleged”. Shouldn’t this Schuringa person have waited for the suspect to have been convicted in a court of law?
Ya, he might be up on charges if he was.
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