The fifteen year old made some major decisions before crashing into the Bank of America Bldg which I have worked in quite a few times on higher floors. First, he visited MacDill Air Force Base (Cent Command), which is nowhere near downtown Tampa. Guess they'll have to ask his parents the usual questions. Was he depressed, on drugs, etc.
I don't know why discussion of the Koran by some posters is even here. More threads are fouled up when religion is mentioned just so people can pick fights. I do not even go to religion threads whatsoever.
I can tell you it's a long way from a St. Pete airport, to Cent Command to downtown Tampa. If he was flying that low, surrounded by buildings, he would have known he was too low. Where he hit the building was low to mid section.
Macdill to Downtown Tampa at Barnett Plaza (now the Bank America building) in a straight line over the bay might be three, maybe 5 miles. Not that far in a aircraft and easily identifiable from the air, probably the easiest referenced landmarks from that side of the bay heading east. Just came from downtown (went to the circus) and the Kennedy exit off the Crosstown is blocked, everything is getting routed down Brorein to Cleveland and Bayshore to get around downtown.
---max