"Top al-Qaida Operative Escaped"
Maybe he escaped down about 6 feet.
BTW, Things are looking interesting in New Zealand:
http://www.standeyo.com/Reports/041222.EQ.warning/051101.Deyo.EQs.html
New Zealand: WARNING: EXTREME SEISMIC SIGNAL under North Island. Possible volcanic eruptions at White Island and Ruapehu. Watch Lake Taupo Caldera see at north end for heating and steam vents:
http://www.gns.cri.nz/what/earthact/volcanoes/nzvolcanoes/taupoprint.htm
Watch the Rotorua Caldera see just north of the Lake Taupo Caldera as well:
http://history-nz.org/plateau.html
"Summary:
Without a doubt today's seismic signal under North Island in New Zealand has my undivided attention. From the NE corner of the Island diagonally across to Chatham Island region is under severe stress. The last time Lake Taupo Caldera erupted it at the end of 1st century A.D. (circa 86 A.D.) the cloud of debris it threw into the atmosphere caused three days of darkness in China - nearly 10,000 miles away and across the equatorial divide..."
Yikes.