Reply #18: Witnesses never heard the word "Bomb"! [View All]

[Pete_InSoCal]

Notice how the gov't isn't coming out directly and saying that he said the B-word. They are inferring that he had a bomb. The early reports that he mentioned a bomb while running down the aisle of the plane was bogus spin-control.

From AP:
Passenger John Mcalhany told The Associated Press on Thursday that Alpizar bumped into him as he ran off the aircraft, and he did not hear him say anything about a bomb.

"The first time I heard the word bomb was when I was interviewed by the FBI," McAlhany said. "They kept asking if I heard him say the B-word. And I said, 'What is the B-word?' And they were like, 'Bomb.' I said no. They said, 'Are you sure?' And I am."

"This was wrong," McAlhany added. "This man should be with his family for Christmas. Now he's dead."

Mary Gardner, another passenger, also said Thursday she did not hear Alpizar mention a bomb.


I would think that any intelligent officer would realize that they were in a "clean-zone", an area where Alpizar had already cleared customs and had boarded the aircraft. Other witnesses reported hearing him yell "I gotta get out of here! I gotta get out of here" as he was running down the aisle. I think the marshall in the Hawaiian shirt was a tad overzealous and now the gov't is covering his tracks.