Unbelievable!
Thank God for people like Tedd Petruna.
Tedd
Petruna is a diver at the NBL (Neutral Buoyancy Lab) facility at NASA Houston.
Tedd happened to be on the AirTran Flight 297, from Atlanta to Houston. Here's
his report :
"One
week ago, I went to Ohio on business and to see my father. On Tuesday, the
17th, I returned home. If you read the papers the 18th you may have seen a
blurb about where an Air Tran flight was canceled from Atlanta to Houston due
to a man who refused to get off of his cell phone before take-off.. The story
was only on Fox News. That was NOT what really happened.
I was
seated in 1st class coming home. Eleven Muslim men got on the plane in full
Muslim attire. Two of them sat in 1st class and the rest seated themselves
throughout the plane, in coach class, all the way to the back. As the plane
taxied out to the runway, the stewardesses gave the safety spiel that we are
all so familiar with.
At
that time, one of the men in 1st class got on his cell and called one of his
companions back in coach. He proceeded to talk on the phone in Arabic very
loudly and very, very aggressively. This activity took the 1st stewardess out
of action for she repeatedly told the man that cell phones were not permitted
at that time. He ignored her as if she were not there. The man, who answered
the phone back in the coach section, did the same and this took out the 2nd
stewardess. Further back in the plane, at the same time, two younger Muslims,
one in the back on the aisle, and one sitting in front of him by the window,
began to show footage of a porno video they had taped the night before. They
were very loud about it.
The
3rd stewardess informed the two men that they were not to have any electronic
devices on at this time. One of the men said "shut up infidel dog!"
The
stewardess attempted to take the camcorder and the Muslim began to scream in
her face in Arabic. At that exact moment, all eleven of the men got up and
started to walk throughout the cabin. I guess that because of the noise, the
flight crew must have decided that there was something amiss and changed the
plane's directions to head back to the terminal.
The
commotion and noise was reaching a feverish pitch, and at this point I had had
enough! I got up and started towards the back of 1st class, when I heard a
voice behind me, from another Texan twice my size, say "I got your
back." Then I grabbed the man, who had been on the cell phone, by the arm
and said "You WILL sit down in your seat or you WILL be thrown from this
plane!" As I "led" him around me to take his seat, the fellow
Texan grabbed him by the back of his neck and his waist and headed him back to
his seat. I then grabbed the 2nd man and said, "You WILL do the
same!"
He
protested loudly, but my adrenaline was flowing now and he was going to go
also. Just as I escorted him forward, the plane stopped, the doors opened and
three TSA agents and four police officers entered the cabin. Myself and my new
Texas friend were told to cease and desist for they had the situation under
control.
I was
quite happy to oblige actually. There was still some sort of commotion in the
back, but within moments, all eleven Muslim men were escorted off the plane.
The TSA agents then had their luggage unloaded. We talked about the occurrence
and were in disbelief that it had happened.
Then
suddenly, the door opened again and in walked all eleven Muslim men! Stone
faced, eyes front and robotic, (the only way I can describe it) they were
reseated. The stewardess from the back had been in tears and when she saw the
men, she was having NONE of it! Since I was up front, I heard and saw the whole
ordeal. She told the TSA agents that there was NO WAY she was staying on the plane
with the Muslim men. The agent told her that they had searched the men and were
going through their luggage with a fine tooth comb. However, nothing had been
found and that the men were allowed to proceed on to Houston.
The captain
and co-captain came out of the cockpit and told the agent, "We and our
crew will not fly this plane!" After a word or two, the entire crew,
luggage in tow, left the plane. Five minutes later, the cabin door opened again
and a whole new crew walked on. Again, this was where I had had enough! I got
up and asked the TSA agent, "What the hell is going on? I was told to take
my seat. The airlines and TSA were sorry for the delay and we would be home
shortly. I said "I'm getting off this plane". The stewardess sternly
told me that she could not allow me to get off. Now I'm really mad! I said
"I am a grown man who bought this ticket, who's time is mine with a family
at home and I am going through that door, or I'm going through that door with
you under my arm, but I AM going through that door!" And then I heard a
voice behind me say "So am I!" Then everyone behind us started to get
up and say the same thing. Within two minutes, I was walking off that plane
where I was met by more TSA agents who asked me to write a statement about the
incident. I had five hours to kill at this point waiting for the next flight to
Houston, so why the hell not give them my statement. Due to the amount of
people who got off that flight, it was canceled. I was supposed to be in
Houston at 6 PM, but I finally got there at 12:30 AM. If you don't believe
this, look up the date and then Flight 297 from Atlanta to Houston. If this
wasn't a terrorism dry run, I don't know what one is. The terrorists wanted to
see how TSA would handle it, how the crew would handle it, and how the
passengers would handle it. I'm telling this to you because I want you to know.
The threat IS real. I saw it with my own eyes."
Tedd Petruna
I
suggest you keep this going until this incident reaches the email of all
POLITICIANS and the news media!
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