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Article: Lessons of a jetway shooting
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- January 31, 2006
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TOM DAVIS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
01-31-2006
Lessons of a jetway shooting -- Family must step in to ensure safety
TOM DAVIS
Date: 01-31-2006, Tuesday
Section: HEALTH
Edtion: All Editions
Column: COPING
Rigoberto Alpizar was having a problem. And it was bad enough for him to want to get off a plane in Miami that was ready for takeoff.
Only he didn't calmly discuss the matter with flight attendants. Eyewitnesses said he sprinted toward the cockpit and announced he had a bomb.
Undercover marshals, fearing he was a terrorist, pursued him into the jetway. When Alpizar reached into a backpack, they shot him dead.
Some say it was the classic case of how even the best-trained law enforcement ...