Wednesday, January 05, 2005
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
1. Government issues warning that terrorists may use lasers to target planes.
2. News media gets hold of warning. Runs hysterical alarmist stories for the better part of the day.
3. The standard backoff from all concerned. "No specific information." "No evidence terrorists actually doing this, etc."
4. Every jackass in the country who owns a laser (apparently a larger subset than one would imagine) runs into the backyard and shine their lasers at planes, helicopters, and geese.
5. A Jackass king merges:
David Banach, a Parsippany, NJ, resident lasered a chartered Cessna three times on Wednesday, December 29. The greater New York, New Jersey area is densely populated.
You would think it would be relatively easy to get away with doing something like this. (As also evidenced by the rash of other laserings of planes that have yielded no perpetrators.)
How did David Banach, Jackass King, get caught?
"On Friday, a helicopter carrying Port Authority detectives was hit by a laser beam as its crew surveyed the area to try to pinpoint the origin of the original beam." link
That's correct. Two days after the original incident, Mr. Banach, Jackass King, took out his laser and painted the very helicopter that was investigating his first attack.
On top of that, when confronted by authorities Mr. Banach did the honorable, manly thing and tried to blame his young daughter for his actions.
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1. Government issues warning that terrorists may use lasers to target planes.
2. News media gets hold of warning. Runs hysterical alarmist stories for the better part of the day.
3. The standard backoff from all concerned. "No specific information." "No evidence terrorists actually doing this, etc."
4. Every jackass in the country who owns a laser (apparently a larger subset than one would imagine) runs into the backyard and shine their lasers at planes, helicopters, and geese.
5. A Jackass king merges:
David Banach, a Parsippany, NJ, resident lasered a chartered Cessna three times on Wednesday, December 29. The greater New York, New Jersey area is densely populated.
You would think it would be relatively easy to get away with doing something like this. (As also evidenced by the rash of other laserings of planes that have yielded no perpetrators.)
How did David Banach, Jackass King, get caught?
"On Friday, a helicopter carrying Port Authority detectives was hit by a laser beam as its crew surveyed the area to try to pinpoint the origin of the original beam." link
That's correct. Two days after the original incident, Mr. Banach, Jackass King, took out his laser and painted the very helicopter that was investigating his first attack.
On top of that, when confronted by authorities Mr. Banach did the honorable, manly thing and tried to blame his young daughter for his actions.
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