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| Terrorist or Loser Looking for his Ten Minutes of Fame? |
| 2007-03-24 |
| The passengers quarantined at Charlotte Douglas International Airport for four hours Friday afternoon have been released, according to a U.S. Airways spokesperson. The 112 passengers and four crew members were cleared to leave the plane at around 7:30 p.m., after being detained because a fellow passenger on the flight from New Orleans claimed to have smallpox. The passenger was taken to Carolinas Medical Center for testing, and the results were negative, CMC spokesman Scott White said. As Flight 1014 was landing in Charlotte, the passenger allegedly shouted that he had exposed everyone to smallpox. The airline is now backing off initial reports that he was intoxicated. The health department authorized local paramedics to take that person off the flight to be tested. Meanwhile, under federal guidelines, all the passengers had to stay put until the threat could be confirmed or proven false. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, the Mecklenburg County Health Department, and U.S. Airways officials responded to the scene shortly after the plane landed around 3:30 p.m. From AirStar6, Medic employees in personal protective gear could be seen wheeling a stretcher with the passenger to an ambulance, which transported him to CMC for testing. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #13 you have doubts USN, ret.? >::) |
| Posted by: RD 2007-03-24 21:05 |
| #12 How cum no mention of "Smallpox Andy's" nationality? |
| Posted by: USN, ret. 2007-03-24 20:40 |
| #11 ;-) lol! |
| Posted by: RD 2007-03-24 20:16 |
| #10 I tried to get my Chinese water torture license, but that exam is a biatch. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-03-24 19:44 |
| #9 Mooses do you have locked subterranean room under your house? |
| Posted by: RD 2007-03-24 17:07 |
| #8 Far too gentle. I suggest placing the individual under strict medical quarantine to undergo all sorts of *interesting* medical tests to determine if he, indeed, has been exposed to or is carrying smallpox. To start with, all the hair should be removed from his body to insure the quarantine facilities maintain maximum sanitation. Then the entire contents of his bowels should be evacuated with a throat drip of 1 gallon of citrate of magnesium over the course of several hours. This will leave him in good condition for both his oral and rectal endoscopy. Then he will receive his cystoscope examination of his urinary tract and bladder. If a clear determination of smallpox has not yet been reached beyond any doubt, then he should be given spectrum antibiotics, anti-fungals and antivirals to eliminate all microorganisms in his body. This should be accompanied by a chemical scrub of his skin and orifices to remove skin microorganisms. From this point, he should be on a strict dietary regimen of high fiber and low fat food. Blood samples should be taken at frequent intervals to determine if any latent conditions exist. Samples of his lymph and spinal fluid are also essential to insure that no meningitis or immunological response is ongoing. I figure after this, and maybe some more specialized diagnosis, he should be free to go and face whatever criminal charges are pending. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-03-24 13:59 |
| #7 The airline is now backing off initial reports that he was intoxicated. That was what I saw originally. But why would anyone think of claiming a smallpox infection -- that isn't the kind of thing ordinary folk think about sober, let alone under the influence. Definitely more to this story. Imprison him until all has been revealed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-03-24 13:06 |
| #6 whatever happened to the good old days, when you could walk this asshole at gunpoint to the woods, make him dig his grave, and shoot him? Sadly, they went away. That is why we have a lot of the problems we have now. But, I believe that the time honored practices return is just around the corner. |
| Posted by: Chiper Threreger8956 2007-03-24 11:13 |
| #5 Have him stand there and let all the passengers line up to kick him in the balls. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-03-24 10:48 |
| #4 Frank G has it right. Though I was going to suggest dumping him on an uninhabited rock and exposing him to smallpox. My kind of ironic justice comes with a price-tag. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-03-24 09:02 |
| #3 whatever happened to the good old days, when you could walk this asshole at gunpoint to the woods, make him dig his grave, and shoot him? Society shouldn't have to bear the costs of feeding or sheltering him in prison |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-03-24 07:15 |
| #2 Insane to believe anyone has smallpox. Even more insane to live in a society that reacts to give this kind of claim any kind of credibility whatsoever! Just arrest him and put him away for a few years in a small cell and be done with it. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-03-24 02:52 |
| #1 Terrorist or Loser Looking for his Ten Minutes of Fame? What the hell, I say "both". Charge him accordingly. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-03-24 02:03 |