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HRH Stanley Sea12/05/2009 8:07:54 am PST

Remember the incident on the AirTran jet in Atlanta?
From TPM:
talkingpointsmemo.com

…Guy sends an email to friends and family recounting his single-handedly thwarting a potential terrorist plane hijacking at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport by man-handling a group of Arabs in “full attire” and tossing them from the plane. The email goes viral on the right-wing interwebs, even ending up on Glenn Beck’s Project 9/12 website…

Well, the guy wasn’t on the plane. Here’s AirTrans report:

insideairtran.com

I see this as another lesson on how incorrect news spreads, then you are lucky if you catch the correction.

BTW - Good morning!