So a man walks onto a plane

[DoYouEverWonder]

on Weds, locks himself in the lavatory and apparently hangs himself. Poor fellow, how sad. What does that have to do with anything you might ask?

A man apparently hanged himself in an airplane lavatory during a flight that was diverted to Denver after his body was discovered, police said.

Denver medical examiner's spokeswoman Michelle Weiss-Samaras said an autopsy was planned for the body of Gerald Georgettis, 56, of Miami, which was found Wednesday on a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-brf-plane-death,0,4643189.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

Well, just yesterday Bush made a big deal about saving LA from a possible al Qaeda attack with shoe bombers flying airplanes into buildings. Again, what does that have to do with anything you might ask?

Well, it turns out that the poor fellow who had killed himself on the plane, had committed what some might call an act of terrorism last Saturday.

Gerald Georgettis apparently thought he got a raw deal on a new car.

So he plowed the Ford Escape he didn't want through the glass showroom, poured gasoline on it and set the North Dade Metro Ford dealership ablaze, Miami-Dade police said Sunday.

He caused nearly a million dollars in damage, scorching around a dozen cars, including a rare Ford GT Heritage, fire officials said.

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Police caught up with him a few blocks away from the dealership at 9000 NW Seventh Ave. He was arrested without incident. Police charged him with first-degree arson, a felony, and with felony criminal mischief. He posted a $1,500 bond on Sunday.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/13801055.htm

So not only did Georgettis commit a crime that would have been called terrorism if he had brown skin, instead he gets out of jail by posting a measly $1500 bond. Now here is a violent and dangerous criminal and 4 days later he is able to get on a plane and fly across the country. So much for Homeland Security. Nice to know that the no fly list is keeping people like him off of airplanes? I guess if he had been to a peaceful protest in the last couple of years, they might have stopped him. But in the meantime, while Bush is giving speeches about how he protected us from another terrorist attack, a dangerous criminal who just got tried to blow up a car dealership gets on a plane no problem.

[Lasher]

1. How do you hang yourself in an airplane lavatory?

You can barely stand up in those tiny things. How could you hook a rope to the ceiling, then around your neck, and not have your feet touch the floor?

[ClintonTyree]

3. You really have to want to........

that's all I can figure. I'm sure it could be done but like you say, those bathrooms are tiny. This guy really wanted to die.

[0007]

8. Maybe the guy was a midget? It is strange! But I think we're

on the right tract.

How does one commit suicide in a lavatory on an airplane by hanging? Couldn't use a gun or a knife. Bet, there's many folks looking real hard at these restrooms now days!

[vicman]

11. Tie a rock around your neck

drop it in the bowl and flush? Repeatedly?

[DoYouEverWonder]

12. Is that like

shotting yourself in the head three times?

[Lasher]

14. Oooo, what would the mortician do about your blue face?

Guess they would have a closed coffin funeral, or just say you were a smurf in life. But would that technically qualify as hanging, since the rock would be the hangee and you would be the hanger? And how could you be sure this would not result in drowning instead of hanging?

[dysfunctional press]

15. shave your head, and put you in a black turtleneck...

[Lasher]

16. Hee heeeeee, that's funny!

You're a sick man, QuestionAll! LOL!! :rofl:

[Carni]

18. I was wondering the same thing

Sounds a little bizarre if you ask me...why the hell would you pay for a ticket to hang yourself on a plane? What would the logic behind that be and how is that physically possible to hang oneself in an area with a ceiling just barely over about 7 feet? Was the man a "little person" (whatever the term is these days)

[DoYouEverWonder]

20. Where there's a will there's a way

I suppose?

Not to mention that this guy burnt down the car dealership on Sat in MIAMI, and on SAT. was flying from DC to LA on WEDS. How did he get from Miami to DC? Who would think that the DC/LA route would have the highest level of security?

[Carni]

23. That is unbelievable

How in the hell do you burn down a dealership and get clearance to hop on a plane while you are on bail?

Crack security indeed!

[skids]

22. I guess we'll never know...

...neither Chris Farley nor Peter Sellers are around anymore to offer expert advice in that respect.

[maddezmom]

2. I've got to wonder how long he was in there

didn't the flight attendants notice the "occupied" light was on for a while?

[xchrom]

4. wow -- that's an amazing story.

how do you hang yourself in an airplane bathroom?

but that being said -- the fact they let this guy on a plane after burning a dealership is amazing.

[liberal N proud]

10. That is the really stupid part - How did he get on an airplane

But if he had dark skin, he would still be in jail.

[LisaL]

5. That bond was really rather tiny-considering how much

damage that guy did.

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. I've seen bigger bonds issued

for pot smokers.

$1500 for a guy who sets fire to a car dealership? Something's not right here.

[LisaL]

9. He must have told the judge he got a plane to catch.

[Carni]

19. Something is definitely not right about this

That is like HUGE damage how the hell could bond be 1500 bucks?

One would think that he would have been taken in for evaluation in a psyche ward for doing all that if nothing else!

Additionally what did he use to hang himself in the john on the plane?

Did he just carry rope in there with him or what?

[zbdent]

6. He wasn't a terrorist . . .

he wasn't wearing an anti-Bush T-shirt . . .

[lectrobyte]

13. yeah, but seems like a shame to burn one of these...

[Blue_Tires]

24. sex on wheels

even though I'm really a Corvette lover at heart

[DarkTirade]

17. I must admit...

I've had thoughts about blowing up certain car dealerships. Mostly 'cause of their god damned annoying ads though... :)
Nothing worse then turning the radio down low so you have some background music while you sleep, only to be jarred awake by a loud announcer voice that's ten times the usual volume of everything else on the station, complete with annoying whizzy and zappy sound effects after everything he says.
Instead, I just decided to not ever go car shopping at those places. Their ads annoy me, so they lose my business. Good enough for now. :)

[greiner3]

21. My dad, mid 70's, right after a knee replacement;

Tried to get on a plane. He was singled out to take off his shoes by the fascists called security by some. This would have been a problem, however, there were no chairs and no tables near where this nearly crippled man could lean on to take his shoes off. That was the last time he and my mom have flown. They both say they will not fly again and they love taking cruises. They can't drive the distance anymore (we live in the upper midwest) so they are stuck. hitler wins again!