Irate car buyer kills himself on plane

[proud2BlibKansan]

An angry Gerry Georgettis drove his SUV through the window of a car dealership, then torched the business. Four days later, he hung himself aboard a plane bound for Los Angeles.
BY DAVID OVALLE
Miami Herald

He was a mild-mannered former rock band crew member who spent the past four years happily running a performing arts center in North Miami Beach.

Then last week, Gerry Georgettis became to some a consumer hero when he plowed his new Ford Escape into a dealership Saturday, then torched about a dozen cars -- all, police said, because he felt he got a bad deal.

His sudden notoriety turned tragic when police reported Thursday that Georgettis had committed suicide the day before, hanging himself inside a bathroom aboard a flight bound from a Virginia suburb of Washington to Los Angeles.

Friends said they were baffled about his death and the event last weekend that put Georgettis into headlines across the country.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/13839840.htm

[hang a left]

1. Poor guy snapped, sounds like.

Glad he didn't hurt anyone.

[tammywammy]

9. And it could have been really bad

I know where we work there are 7 cars on the showroom floor, with full gas tanks.
I can't imagine if someone set fire to them in here....very scary.

[BushOut06]

2. If I did that everytime I got a bad car deal...

Hmmm...well I probably couldn't have done it every time, as I would be dead after the first one. But still, I can empathize. Car dealers are a sorry bunch.

Reminds me of one of my favorite movie scenes, with that pathetic used car salesman in True Lies played by Bill Paxton.

[tammywammy]

8. I work at a car dealership

there are some bad dealerships out there, but there are a lot more of the good ones.

No one's every tricked in to buying a car.

And I feel sorry for this man.

[Wickerman]

3. That is a really tragic story

Wonder what caused him to snap so totally.

[Ecumenist]

4. Brother man wasn't wrapped too tight...

:silly: :crazy: I understand getting a rotten deal but really... This goes way beyond being upset about a bum car deal, for crying out loud. I wonder what was going on in his head..

[Hawkeye-X]

5. Yeah, the schmuck had to divert this plane to Denver

it was all over the news yesterday.

[opihimoimoi]

6. What a Human Wreck.....snaps and goes suicidal...exactly what Humanity is

doing all across the Planet....We are NOW in the Snapping Stage...


soon we be in the Death Stage

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. He's dead

but you think he's a schmuck?

[NorCalDem]

7. See Michael Douglas

in Falling Down.

That's my theory for Gerry's tragic tale.