7.14.2004

Police Arrest Allegedly Suicidal Airline Passenger

Frankly, if I had an Arabic name and I was trying to fly on US commercial airlines and I was in Minnesota as well, I might feel pretty depressed and hopeless, too. I'm forever hearing nutso stories about whole planes full of people going batso just because "someone who looks vaguely Muslim and/or has a really good summer tan" in onboard.

At this point, I worry far less about Arabic-looking men on flights and more about what the fear of more than one stupid person put together into a confined space can do.