LOL! FR jizzing over 'new hero' who thwarted 'Muslim' attack on flight he wasn't even on.

[CurtEastPoint]

From Free Republic, below, then from Atlanta Journal/Constitution, after. I love how they get duped. But all lathered up anyway.

From Free Republic Earlier today, I contacted Tedd Petruna, the brave passenger on AirTran Flight 297, who–with another Texan–saved the day from apparent Islamic terrorists, leaving him a voicemail message asking for confirmation of the e-mail and events below. Mr. Petruna called me back, tonight, and confirmed that he did write the e-mail below and that it’s all true. WAKE. UP. AMERICA. We are under siege.

I begin with the caveat that I don’t know whether or not this is true. However, it certainly sounds like it is, and the guy-Tedd J. Petruna of NASA–has his e-mail address and home and work phone numbers plastered all over the internet as does his friend, A. Gene Hackemack, who sent this out. I’m glad he did. People need to know about this stuff, which the FBI, TSA, and every other fed in the alphabet soup of the “We’re Here to Help You” Souffle is trying to keep under wraps. I...it’s probably true.

We know Muslims have been constantly doing this to test the system. And as I previously wrote, the recent settlement by US Airways with the Six Flying Imams will only encourage more of this. And we have people, like Clintonista federal Judge Ann Montgomery, to blame for it. If we were in a Muslim country, these guys were be tortured to death and cut up like a butchered chicken for dinner by now. They would never accept this constant Muslim dry run, testing the system baloney. They’d get control of their country. But instead of control, we’ve had a steady diet of limp-wristed Bush and Obama types “running” the show, or rather having “the show” run them . . . and us. Too bad we don’t have real men like Tedd Petruna running things, assuming this is true. And I believe it is...

And now from Atlanta Journal/Constitution

It's a little easier to understand why a man who claimed to have thwarted a potential terrorist attack has not answered repeated requests to tell his story.

He was not on the plane, according to AirTran Airlines.

The AJC was the first to receive the following statement from AirTran:

After conducting additional research into this situation, we have verified, according to flight manifests (legally binding documents) that the individual that allegedly created a first-hand account of events on-board AirTran Airways flight 297, a Theodore Petruna, was never actually on-board the flight.

According to all available records, Mr. Petruna's trip originated from Akron-Caton, Ohio (CAK) on AirTran flight 205. This flight arrived at the gate in Atlanta at 5:06 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Flight 297, the flight which Mr. Petruna allegedly wrote a first-hand account of, originally pushed back from its gate in Atlanta at 4:40 p.m. EST, a full 26 minutes before flight 205 arrived at the gate in Atlanta making this flight connection impossible.

While Mr. Petruna was originally scheduled to begin his journey on AirTran flight 202 from CAK and connect to flight 297 in Atlanta he did not make that original flight.

[laughingliberal]

1. Doh!

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[Initech]

63. Actually a Nelson laugh would be more appropriate:

[Thickasabrick]

2. Is there anyway to find out what this guy originally said he did...I think

I'm behind or missing something.

[gateley]

8. I'm clueless. I KNOW I'm missing something. nt

[blogslut]

9. Here's the AJC article mentioned in the OP

http://www.ajc.com/business/airtran-hero-wasn-t-226517.html

[Thickasabrick]

11. Thank you!!! nt

[timeforpeace]

40. Whatever. What about that group of guys? WTF were they up to?

[Ikonoklast]

71. They were travelling together, and got on the next flight.

Read the article, Oh Tranparent One.

When it was determined the problem was caused by a language barrier, AirTran and Transportation Security Administration officials allowed the man, and 12 others traveling with him, to reboard, and the flight left for Houston a little more than two hours later. Later, officials said the entire incident was the result of a miscommunication.

[CurtEastPoint]

12. Yes, apparently his email alleging what happened is viral. here's what I found he sent:

the email

This is the e-mail Houstonian Tedd Petruna sent last month about flight 297 from Atlanta to Houston.
"One week ago, I went to Ohio on business and to see my father. On Tuesday, November 17, I returned home. If you read the papers, you may have seen a blurb where an AirTran flight was cancelled from Atlanta to Houston due to a man who refused to get off of his cell phone before takeoff. It was on Fox.
That was NOT what happened!
I was in first class coming home. Eleven muslim men got on the plane in full attire. Two sat in first class and the rest peppered themselves throughout the plane all the way to the back. As the plane taxied to the runway, the stewardesses gave the safety spiel we are all so familiar with. At that time, one of the men got on his cell and called one of his companions in the back and proceeded to talk on the phone in Arabic very loudly and very aggressively. This took the first stewardess out of the picture for she repeatedly told the man that cell phones were not permitted at the time. He ignored her as if she wasn’t there.
The second man who answered the phone did the same and this took out the second stewardess. In the back of the plane at this time, 2 younger muslims, one in the back aisle, and one in front of him, window, began to show footage of a porno they had taped the night before, and were very loud about it. Now, they are only permitted to do this prior to Jihad. If a Muslim man goes into a strip club, he has to view the woman via mirror with his back to her (don’t ask me, I don’t make the rules, but I’ve studied). The third stewardess informed them that they were not to have electronic devices on at this time. To which one of the men said, “shut up infidel dog!” She went to take the camcorder and he began to scream in her face in Arabic.
At that exact moment, all 11 of them got up and started to walk to the cabin. This is where I had had enough! I got up and started to the back where I heard a voice behind me from another Texan twice my size say, “I got your back.” I grabbed the man who had been on the phone by the arm and said, “you WILL go sit down or you Will be thrown from this plane!” As I led him around me to take his seat, the fellow Texan grabbed him by the back of his neck and his waist and headed out with him. I then grabbed the second man and said, “You WILL do the same!” He protested but adrenaline was flowing now and he was going to go. As I escorted him forward, the plane doors open and 3 TSA agents and 4 police officers entered. Me and my new Texan friend were told to cease and desist for they had this under control. I was happy to oblige actually. There was some commotion in the back, but within moments, all 11 were escorted off the plane. They then unloaded their luggage.
We talked about the occurrence and were in disbelief that it had happened, when suddenly, the door opened again and on walked all eleven!! Stone faced, eyes front and robotic (the only way I can describe it). The stewardess from the back had been in tears and when she saw this, she was having NONE of it! Being that I was up front, I heard and saw the whole ordeal. She told the TSA agent there was NO WAY she was staying on the plane with these men. The agent told her they had searched them and were going to go through their luggage with a fine tooth comb and that they were allowed to proceed to Houston. The captain and co-captain came out and told the agent, “we and our crew will not fly this plane!” After a word or two, the entire crew, luggage in tow, left the plane. Five minutes later, the cabin door opened again and a whole new crew walked on.
Again, this is where I had had enough!! I got up and asked, “What the hell is going on?” I was told to take my seat. They were sorry for the delay and I would be home shortly. I said, “I’m getting off this plane.” The stewardess sternly told me that she could not allow me to get off.
Now I’m mad! I said, “I am a grown man who bought this ticket, who’s time is mine with a family at home and I am going through that door, or I’m going through that door with you under my arm!! But I am going through that door!!” And I heard a voice behind me say, “So am I.” Then everyone behind us started to get up and say the same. Within 2 minutes, I was walking off that plane where I was met with more agents who asked me to write a statement. I had 5 hours to kill at this point so why the hell not. Due to the amount of people who got off that flight, it was cancelled. I was supposed to be in Houston at 6pm. I got here at 12:30am.
Look up the date. Flight 297, Atlanta to Houston.
If this wasn’t a dry run, I don’t know what one is. They wanted to see how TSA would handle it, how the crew would handle it, and how the passengers would handle it.
I’m telling this to you because I want you to know. The threat is real. I saw it with my own eyes.
Tedd Petruna


More from AirTran
he AirTran memo addresses the man's claims point-by-point.
"The individuals in this party...were dressed like any other passenger," it said in the memo.
"There have been no reports of any individual phoning another individual on the flight," said the AirTran note. "There are no reports of screaming or shouting insults to our Crew Members," it adds.
The airline memo also said, "At no time did any law enforcement or Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials enter the aircraft."

[Thickasabrick]

21. Crap - see my thank you to you below - lol - I screwed up and also

posted the Hackemack part. These people are so nuts.

[zbdent]

36. "Eleven muslim men got on the plane in full attire."

So that's what happened to the Cleveland Browns' hopes for winning a football game ...

some idiot thought he was thwarting a terrorist attack ...

[petronius]

44. How could anyone actually believe that load of cliches and stereotypes?

:shrug:

Freepers must be dumber than I thought...

[Blue_Tires]

46. “shut up infidel dog!” ...oh FFS that line isn't even heard in movies anymore

by the most cartoonish muslim bad-guys....

please tell me even the most devout 9-12 acolytes could detect this e-mail as masturbatory fiction not quite to the level of Penthouse Forum, right?? the events and dialogue have NO basis in reality to anyone who has ever been on a plane...


and what is it with even the carefully crafted e-mails having such shitty grammar, typos and syntax?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

51. Yankee Imperialist Dog!!!!

:rofl:

[Dr.Phool]

61. Here it is.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/


Here's a fun story to end the week with.

Guy sends an email to friends and family recounting his single-handedly thwarting a potential terrorist plane hijacking at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport by man-handling a group of Arabs in "full attire" and tossing them from the plane. The email goes viral on the right-wing interwebs, even ending up on Glenn Beck's Project 9/12 website.

Turns out the incident was actually a misunderstanding that happened when a Spanish-speaking passenger didn't understand a flight attendant's instructions to turn off his cell phone. And even better, the "hero" who wrote the email wasn't even in Atlanta when the events happened. He was supposed to be, but missed his connecting flight. (The airline debunks the email in great detail here.)

But hey, let's not let that stop us from enjoying Tedd Petruna's description of his swashbuckling run-in with the terrorists.

I think my favorite part is the moment when two of the Muslim terrorists, apparently getting ready to hijack the plane, "began to show footage of a porno they had taped the night before, and were very loud about it." Now, I don't know terrorist best practices. But it seems like an odd time to bust out some porn. Petruna explains the significance of this odd behavior ...

Now....they are only permitted to do this prior to Jihad. If a Muslim man goes into a strip club, he has to view the woman via mirror with his back to her. (don't ask me....I don't make the rules, but I've studied) The 3rd stewardess informed them that they were not to have electronic devices on at this time. To which one of the men said "shut up infidel dog!" She went to take the camcorder and he began to scream in her face in Arabic.

Full email after the jump ...

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--Josh Marshall

[BOSSHOG]

3. Just yesterday

I saw a brave conservative patriot single handedly destroy a column of Islamic terrorists on I-10 heading for New Orleans.

Gosh, I wish I were as brave as a conservative. Gosh maybe glen beck could provide me with a book of their "values" then I'll be able to huff and puff and blow something.

[Systematic Chaos]

5. Start small, with like, a bus or something.

Just don't burn your lips on the exhaust pipe the way they do!

:rofl:

[gateley]

7. I find your story hard to believe. A conservative patriot doesn't care about saving

New Orleans.

[BOSSHOG]

14. You don't believe me?

I have the heritage foundation on my side. They documented the entire event. The heroic conservative didn't want terrorists to destroy New Orleans, he wanted john boehner to do the deed via patriotic acts in congress by neutering the Corps of Engineers.

Fuck me to tears, if we all weren't just as manly and heroic as conservatives.

[gateley]

17. Your story falls apart when the destination is considered. A Conservative Patriot

probably would have given the extremists a ride into NO and instructed them to "finish the job the Bush and Brownie started".

[gateley]

4. "...we’ve had a steady diet of limp-wristed Bush and Obama types..."

Jeez -- if he thinks Bush (and by Bush I mean Cheney) was limp-wristed, :scared:

[treestar]

15. I know, right?

My gawd, extremists can be so ---- extreme!

[Arctic Dave]

6. I once fought off 15 armed Martians with a spoon and saved the world three years ago.

That is why you are living today. You should have all the reason in the world to believe me.

[Fuzz]

13. I did something similar, but it was 29 aliens, a spork and last week.

[Arctic Dave]

27. They are a persistent bunch. I would keep some kind of plastic utensil on me at all times.

[Ghost in the Machine]

38. Well they started out as 75 when I encountered them in the woods...

... and all I had was pine needles and some bamboo that I had to fashion a very primitive blow-gun out of...

:hi:

[treestar]

16. Thank you for your service.

:rofl:

[Arctic Dave]

26. Want to see my scar? I'll have to pull my pants down a little.

[SmileyRose]

70. You guys are killing me !!

Laughed so hard I think I snorted.

[Caretha]

33. Excuse me...

but I'm from the future and I have single handedly stopped the war in South America, which would have caused grave damage to your future energy supplies. I also replaced all the gold bullion in Ft. Knox, so the US is not really bankrupt, and can take advantage of the our alien products we are about to introduce to the world from the "Dog Star" Sirius, your real home planet and masters.

Bow down....or /bow4

Pax

[blondeatlast]

55. But were they in full Martian regalia? It only counts if they were. nt

[charlie]

10. You've GOT to read his email

It's an 11-year-old's fantasy of what he'd do to those dern Muslims if they ever got on HIS plane, grrrrrr.

http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/12/we-have-two-updates-on.html

And a word from Mr Petruna, who was interviewed by a Houston TV station:

The station quoted Petruna as saying: ""I'm glad it got out. Due to personal and financial reasons, I can't speak about this."

The report said Petruna "admits that his description of the men's attire was wrong, and he admits he didn't personally see anyone watching pornographic videos."

[CurtEastPoint]

18. Here's his pic from Facebook (allegedly!)

[charlie]

24. I wonder what NASA needs with a warlock? n/t

[Richardo]

54. !!

:rofl:

[Saphire]

32. Dwayne Allman??

[Vinnie From Indy]

49. LOL

He does look like an Allman. Maybe Gregg more than Duane. As an aside, I almost punched Gregg's son Devon in the face last year after a show at a local club becuase he was being a jackass backstage and throwing bananas at people.

[mitchum]

52. You should have called Devon a "son of a rat"...

because he is

[gratuitous]

42. My pet goat just fell over from that picture

I wonder what that means?

And since when does someone at FR get to call George W. Bush "limp-wristed"? Has Jim Rob changed his mind about the greatest commander-in-chief evah?

[VOX]

37. Cowboy Guy overheard the TERR-IST GUY say, "Shut up, infidel dog!"

That's just gotta be TRUE !!!! :bounce: :crazy: :sarcasm: :nuke:

[Thickasabrick]

19. Thank you - here is what the Hackemack guy who forwarded it said:

I, Gene Hackemack, received this email from my good friend Tedd Petruna, a diver at the NBL facility , at NASA Houston, whom I used to work with. Tedd happened to be on this same Flt. 297, Atlanta to Houston .

In my opinion, the muslims are all getting very brave now, since they have one of their own in the white house……read Tedd’s story below.

Semper Fi

Gene Hackemack

PS…can you imagine, our own news media now are so politically correct that they are afraid to report that these were all muslims…unbelievable. Thank God for people like Tedd Petruna.

A. Gene Hackemack



Holy crap!! These people are fucking insane

[NYC_SKP]

20. Huh, first I've heard of this. KHOU doesn't seem to be helping... video link:

http://www.khou.com/video/featured-videos/AirTran-e-mail-stirs-up-Internet-firestorm--78475462.html

Somewhere between AirTran's story and the Freeper lay the truth.

Of course we know it's gotta be WAAAYYYY closer to AirTran's version.

Curious! :popcorn:

[blondeatlast]

56. Do ya think--nah, couldn't be--that this spectacular story

didn't pass the smell test so they actually decided not to report it? Nah, couldn't be; we are talking about the MSM.

[blondeatlast]

57. Do ya think--nah, couldn't be--that this spectacular story

didn't pass the smell test so they actually decided not to report it? Nah, couldn't be; we are talking about the MSM.

[charlie]

22. Debbie Schlussel is on the case

The airline's lying, natch. She's got a corroborating witness. A chaplain! And he's a hammier showboat than Tedd.

Chaplain Robinson's account:

http://espositosmusings.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/air-tran-flight-297-incident1.pdf
(Adobe Acrobat file)

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/13218/more-evidence-of-dry-run-steve-gills-interview-w-airtran-flt-297-passenger-chaplain/

[Historic NY]

45. Corps Commander of the Houston Regional Community Chaplain Corp?

[Thickasabrick]

23. Best Friday night Freeper story ever!! Thanks nt

[Caretha]

34. Now wait a minute there...

I was on a roll...for a Friday night, "alls fair in love in war", right?

[Hawkeye-X]

62. ...when the Germans bombed...

"Forget it, he's on a roll"

[rateyes]

25. Did you have to use the phrases "lathered up" and

"Free Republic" in the same sentence?

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. :evilgrin:

[cali]

28. OK, I just ambled over to freepfucwadville and perused the thread

came back with this for amusement- if not edification:

To: Bad Jack Bauer

This will sound very silly but it would work. The flight attendents should be armed with BACON. When a muslim jumps up and yells alla akbar just slap him with a slice of bacon. Even muslims know what bacon is. They just got swine all over their face and they believe that they will go to hell if they die in that condition. So now they can’t blow themselves up! I can only imagine the scream they would make.

[Thickasabrick]

29. OMG....I just snorted diet coke through my nose.....thank you for that?

:rofl:

[Saphire]

30. Oh, that's a gem.

[upi402]

41. stupid goes to the bone there

I jumped on a conservative site and saw the most loopey arguments against a public option health care. Made me feel dirty.

[prolesunited]

43. Is that poster series?!?!?

[blondeatlast]

58. DUzy--but then, this entire thread is. nt

[the blues]

31. My favorite part is this...

"WAKE. UP. AMERICA. We are under siege."

...followed by...

"I begin with the caveat that I don’t know whether or not this is true."

(Never let truth stand in the way of announcing that America is under siege....)

[Caretha]

35. Quit being rational

....it is so passe.

[the blues]

39. I know.

So behind the times. So... so... so... Age of Enlightenment.

[Blue_Tires]

47. also related:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7156585

[muriel_volestrangler]

48. Tedd Petruna should be put on the 'no fly' list

since he appears to be the real problem here - a fantasist who makes up stories to scare people, and incite fear and hatred of Muslims. Keith Robinson and Gene Hackemack should probably be there too, since they're trying to back him up (although Robinson admits he wasn't on the flight, he keeps on talking as if he knew what happened).

[SmileyRose]

69. Well he's probably going on Houston's "no hire" list.

A proven liar AND a dumbass. Should do wonders for his job prospects.

[laststeamtrain]

50. Hee Haw vs. Jihad. n/t.

[blondeatlast]

59. In the spirit of the season, I will not insist you pay for my monitor, keyboard, and new kitten.

All of which are splattered with Diet Coke.

[laststeamtrain]

64. I'm sorry. It's the price you pay for getting word-play jokes.

:thumbsup:

[Kingofalldems]

53. This is HUGH!!!111!!!

[blondeatlast]

60. Give Tedd Petruna and this entire thread a DUzy. nt

[comrade snarky]

65. Oh man... that's FUNNY

I love this bit:

"The captain and co-captain came out and told the agent, “we and our crew will not fly this plane!” After a word or two, the entire crew, luggage in tow, left the plane. Five minutes later, the cabin door opened again and a whole new crew walked on."

OK, setting aside co-captain (co-captain? really?) The flight crew walks, and a new crew was there ready to fly in 5 minutes? Has this dip shit even been in an airport in the last 20 years?

I doubt it.

[Contrary1]

66. "I don’t know whether or not this is true. However, it certainly sounds like it is..."

:eyes: It will be the God's honest, cross your heart and hope to die truth by the morning.

[old mark]

67. ...and Obama will be accused of "suppressing" it...nt

[SmileyRose]

68. Dude mis-spelled "muslin" - no way a REAL freeper make that kind of mistake.

only a moran would spell it "muslim". come on - dead giveaway right there.