Monday, 22 February 2010

IRS plane crash pilot 'a hero'

Oh look, the daughter of the guy who flew his plane into an IRS office in Texas is as crazy as he was. She calls him a 'hero' for his anti-government stance.

"The daughter of a man who crashed his small plane into an Internal Revenue Service building called her father a hero for his anti-government views but said his actions, which killed a tax service employee, were "inappropriate."

Joe Stack's adult daughter, Samantha Bell, spoke to ABC's "Good Morning America" from her home in Norway. Asked during a phone interview broadcast Monday if she considered her father a hero, she said: "Yes. Because now maybe people will listen."

Authorities say Stack, 53, targeted the IRS office building in Austin last week, killing employee Vernon Hunter and himself, after posting a ranting manifesto against the agency and the government. He apparently set fire to his home before flying his plane into the office building."

2 comments:

mel said...

I think "hero" is becoming overused. Nowadays it seems all you have to do is join the armed forces.

Steve Borthwick said...

If you're a Labrador *and* in the armed forces you can't lose, they shower medals on you. :)