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iamwiz82

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Jan 10, 2001
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Originally posted by: murban135
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: Syringer
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
sounds like an accident to me. sheesh.. the big huge red "BREAKING NEWS" sensationalism has to go, unless it's a real serious incident.

Yeah it's just an accident that can potentially kill dozens of people, no biggie :roll:

Wow, whole dozens of people dead? In a city of 9 million or so people? Good God the humanity!!!

People die every minute in this country. It's unavoidable and it's not important. If it actually is important to you then you need a hobby.

And is each one not a tragedy? :confused:

How many people must die before it's worth paying attention to?

MSNBC is now reporting that the helicopter looked distressed before it went down.

Why would it be a tragedy? Is death not a funadamental and unavoidable part of life? Honestly, I'm just trying to be realistic about this. It's a tragedy for the people that knew the deceased. For the rest of us it really doesn't matter.

I guess I just don't understand why people get so worked up over death. It happens, get over it already.

In an ideal world, everyone would live into their 90s, with full and happy lives and then suddenly die painless deaths. Everything else should be considered regrettable at the least.

WNBC just announced that the FAA just changed the story to a fixed wing aircraft on visual flight rules and not in contact with any ATC. Very interesting....

You don't just fly into a building "by accident" in good visibility. This was intentional.

Woah, that's certainly overreacting. We have no idea what was wrong. Control malfunction, mechnical failure, heart attack, mid air crash, hysterical blindness, etc.
 

flxnimprtmscl

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Jan 30, 2003
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Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: Syringer
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
sounds like an accident to me. sheesh.. the big huge red "BREAKING NEWS" sensationalism has to go, unless it's a real serious incident.

Yeah it's just an accident that can potentially kill dozens of people, no biggie :roll:

Wow, whole dozens of people dead? In a city of 9 million or so people? Good God the humanity!!!

People die every minute in this country. It's unavoidable and it's not important. If it actually is important to you then you need a hobby.

And is each one not a tragedy? :confused:

How many people must die before it's worth paying attention to?

MSNBC is now reporting that the helicopter looked distressed before it went down.

Why would it be a tragedy? Is death not a funadamental and unavoidable part of life? Honestly, I'm just trying to be realistic about this. It's a tragedy for the people that knew the deceased. For the rest of us it really doesn't matter.

I guess I just don't understand why people get so worked up over death. It happens, get over it already.

In an ideal world, everyone would live into their 90s, with full and happy lives and then suddenly die painless deaths. Everything else should be considered regrettable at the least.

WNBC just announced that the FAA just changed the story to a fixed wing aircraft on visual flight rules and not in contact with any ATC. Very interesting....

Just to play Devil's addvocate for a moment what makes your ideal world ideal?

As for the second part of that post, to say something should be regrettable implies that there is cause for regret. What reason do you have to regret the passing of a person that you don't know and most likely never would have?
 

jlbenedict

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Jul 10, 2005
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Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: murban135
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: Syringer
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
sounds like an accident to me. sheesh.. the big huge red "BREAKING NEWS" sensationalism has to go, unless it's a real serious incident.

Yeah it's just an accident that can potentially kill dozens of people, no biggie :roll:

Wow, whole dozens of people dead? In a city of 9 million or so people? Good God the humanity!!!

People die every minute in this country. It's unavoidable and it's not important. If it actually is important to you then you need a hobby.

And is each one not a tragedy? :confused:

How many people must die before it's worth paying attention to?

MSNBC is now reporting that the helicopter looked distressed before it went down.

Why would it be a tragedy? Is death not a funadamental and unavoidable part of life? Honestly, I'm just trying to be realistic about this. It's a tragedy for the people that knew the deceased. For the rest of us it really doesn't matter.

I guess I just don't understand why people get so worked up over death. It happens, get over it already.

In an ideal world, everyone would live into their 90s, with full and happy lives and then suddenly die painless deaths. Everything else should be considered regrettable at the least.

WNBC just announced that the FAA just changed the story to a fixed wing aircraft on visual flight rules and not in contact with any ATC. Very interesting....

You don't just fly into a building "by accident" in good visibility. This was intentional.

Woah, that's certainly overreacting. We have no idea what was wrong. Control malfunction, mechnical failure, heart attack, mid air crash, hysterical blindness, etc.


We'll never know either, right?
Black boxes seem to vanish in cases like this :p

 

iamwiz82

Lifer
Jan 10, 2001
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Originally posted by: jlbenedict
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: murban135
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: Syringer
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
sounds like an accident to me. sheesh.. the big huge red "BREAKING NEWS" sensationalism has to go, unless it's a real serious incident.

Yeah it's just an accident that can potentially kill dozens of people, no biggie :roll:

Wow, whole dozens of people dead? In a city of 9 million or so people? Good God the humanity!!!

People die every minute in this country. It's unavoidable and it's not important. If it actually is important to you then you need a hobby.

And is each one not a tragedy? :confused:

How many people must die before it's worth paying attention to?

MSNBC is now reporting that the helicopter looked distressed before it went down.

Why would it be a tragedy? Is death not a funadamental and unavoidable part of life? Honestly, I'm just trying to be realistic about this. It's a tragedy for the people that knew the deceased. For the rest of us it really doesn't matter.

I guess I just don't understand why people get so worked up over death. It happens, get over it already.

In an ideal world, everyone would live into their 90s, with full and happy lives and then suddenly die painless deaths. Everything else should be considered regrettable at the least.

WNBC just announced that the FAA just changed the story to a fixed wing aircraft on visual flight rules and not in contact with any ATC. Very interesting....

You don't just fly into a building "by accident" in good visibility. This was intentional.

Woah, that's certainly overreacting. We have no idea what was wrong. Control malfunction, mechnical failure, heart attack, mid air crash, hysterical blindness, etc.


We'll never know either, right?
Black boxes seem to vanish in cases like this :p

There probably won't be any black boxes in a GA.
 

NFS4

No Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: videogames101
Feds say not terror attack...... Wonder what it might be then?

A ploy by Republicans to get Mark Foley off the news? :D
 

dmcowen674

No Lifer
Oct 13, 1999
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www.alienbabeltech.com
Originally posted by: murban135
You don't just fly into a building "by accident" in good visibility. This was intentional.

NORAD has dispatched fighter craft over several U.S. cities but Homeland Security has no intelligence suggesting Terrorism at this time.
 

acemcmac

Lifer
Mar 31, 2003
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Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: Syringer
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
sounds like an accident to me. sheesh.. the big huge red "BREAKING NEWS" sensationalism has to go, unless it's a real serious incident.

Yeah it's just an accident that can potentially kill dozens of people, no biggie :roll:

Wow, whole dozens of people dead? In a city of 9 million or so people? Good God the humanity!!!

People die every minute in this country. It's unavoidable and it's not important. If it actually is important to you then you need a hobby.

And is each one not a tragedy? :confused:

How many people must die before it's worth paying attention to?

MSNBC is now reporting that the helicopter looked distressed before it went down.

Why would it be a tragedy? Is death not a funadamental and unavoidable part of life? Honestly, I'm just trying to be realistic about this. It's a tragedy for the people that knew the deceased. For the rest of us it really doesn't matter.

I guess I just don't understand why people get so worked up over death. It happens, get over it already.

In an ideal world, everyone would live into their 90s, with full and happy lives and then suddenly die painless deaths. Everything else should be considered regrettable at the least.

WNBC just announced that the FAA just changed the story to a fixed wing aircraft on visual flight rules and not in contact with any ATC. Very interesting....

Just to play Devil's addvocate for a moment what makes your ideal world ideal?

As for the second part of that post, to say something should be regrettable implies that there is cause for regret. What reason do you have to regret the passing of a person that you don't know and most likely never would have?

You sir, are a troll.
 

thirtythree

Diamond Member
Aug 7, 2001
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Originally posted by: Syringer
DJI drops about 60 points upon immediate news of this happening. Back up a few points now that it's been said to be an accident.
I think that was because of the Fed comments...
 

EPCrew

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Jun 2, 2000
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Originally posted by: murban135
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: Syringer
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
sounds like an accident to me. sheesh.. the big huge red "BREAKING NEWS" sensationalism has to go, unless it's a real serious incident.

Yeah it's just an accident that can potentially kill dozens of people, no biggie :roll:

Wow, whole dozens of people dead? In a city of 9 million or so people? Good God the humanity!!!

People die every minute in this country. It's unavoidable and it's not important. If it actually is important to you then you need a hobby.

And is each one not a tragedy? :confused:

How many people must die before it's worth paying attention to?

MSNBC is now reporting that the helicopter looked distressed before it went down.

Why would it be a tragedy? Is death not a funadamental and unavoidable part of life? Honestly, I'm just trying to be realistic about this. It's a tragedy for the people that knew the deceased. For the rest of us it really doesn't matter.

I guess I just don't understand why people get so worked up over death. It happens, get over it already.

In an ideal world, everyone would live into their 90s, with full and happy lives and then suddenly die painless deaths. Everything else should be considered regrettable at the least.

WNBC just announced that the FAA just changed the story to a fixed wing aircraft on visual flight rules and not in contact with any ATC. Very interesting....

You don't just fly into a building "by accident" in good visibility. This was intentional.


Not necessarily... there are many other buildings in the vicinity that are "better" targets. this doesn't smell like terrorism. what if the pilot had a heartattack and loss control? just for arguements sake.
 

flxnimprtmscl

Diamond Member
Jan 30, 2003
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Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: Syringer
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
sounds like an accident to me. sheesh.. the big huge red "BREAKING NEWS" sensationalism has to go, unless it's a real serious incident.

Yeah it's just an accident that can potentially kill dozens of people, no biggie :roll:

Wow, whole dozens of people dead? In a city of 9 million or so people? Good God the humanity!!!

People die every minute in this country. It's unavoidable and it's not important. If it actually is important to you then you need a hobby.

And is each one not a tragedy? :confused:

How many people must die before it's worth paying attention to?

MSNBC is now reporting that the helicopter looked distressed before it went down.

Why would it be a tragedy? Is death not a funadamental and unavoidable part of life? Honestly, I'm just trying to be realistic about this. It's a tragedy for the people that knew the deceased. For the rest of us it really doesn't matter.

I guess I just don't understand why people get so worked up over death. It happens, get over it already.

In an ideal world, everyone would live into their 90s, with full and happy lives and then suddenly die painless deaths. Everything else should be considered regrettable at the least.

WNBC just announced that the FAA just changed the story to a fixed wing aircraft on visual flight rules and not in contact with any ATC. Very interesting....

Just to play Devil's addvocate for a moment what makes your ideal world ideal?

As for the second part of that post, to say something should be regrettable implies that there is cause for regret. What reason do you have to regret the passing of a person that you don't know and most likely never would have?

You sir, are a troll.

I should have known better than to state my viewpoint in a reasoned manner to the ATOT crowd :roll: Easier to ask who I was before I was banned and call me a troll than actually answer with your brain rather than your emotions why the deaths of ordinary people you've never met should be important :roll:

Meh, I'm done with this thread. Flame away.
 

Vic

Elite Member
Jun 12, 2001
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Originally posted by: murban135
You don't just fly into a building "by accident" in good visibility. This was intentional.
Weather reports do not indicate good visibility over NYC at this time.
 

EKKC

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May 31, 2005
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Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: murban135
You don't just fly into a building "by accident" in good visibility. This was intentional.
Weather reports do not indicate good visibility over NYC at this time.

there overcast the whole day. havent seen the sun at all from NY to CT today