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...apparently wasn't. Bishop flew the single-engine Cessna into a Tampa office building, killing only himself and leaving behind a suicide note declaring support for Osama bin Laden. Bishop had veered menacingly over Tampa's MacDill Air Force Base--from which the Afghan war is being directed--prompting new fears about security at a time when more small, lightly regulated aircraft are filling the skies. Bishop's close friend Emerson Favreau told TIME that days before the crash Bishop asked him how to locate the command center inside MacDill. Investigators think he originally targeted the base...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despair Beneath His Wings | 1/21/2002 | See Source »

...realized all I was doing was being absurdly self-absorbed and giving in to self-pity, and I wanted to just get out. So I told them what they wanted to hear. I took the medicine. I walked around with the bathrobe open in the a__, like in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. People were moaning and groaning all night, and I thought, Please, just let me get out of here, and I'll never be that stupid again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Points: Blue Period | 1/21/2002 | See Source »

...apparently wasn't. Bishop flew the single-engine Cessna into a Tampa office building, killing only himself and leaving behind a suicide note declaring support for Osama bin Laden. Bishop had veered menacingly over Tampa's MacDill Air Force Base-from which the Afghan war is being directed-prompting new fears about security at a time when more small, lightly regulated aircraft are filling the skies. Bishop's close friend Emerson Favreau told Time that days before the crash Bishop asked him how to locate the command center inside MacDill. Investigators think he originally targeted the base...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despair Beneath His Wings | 1/13/2002 | See Source »

...behold, it didn’t work out that way. The Irish went with Stanford’s Tyrone Willingham instead. Maybe that’s for the best, because just last week, Steve Spurrier flew the coop at Florida and Stoops and Shanahan are both saying they aren’t interested...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life of Brian: Six Degrees of Coach Tim Murphy | 1/9/2002 | See Source »

...Bishop violated the rules, but as has become painfully obvious in the post 9/11 world, any threat of punishment is useless to someone intent on committing suicide. Bishop flew over restricted airspace, and prompted a military response, but attempts to stop him were futile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Secure Are America's Small Planes? | 1/7/2002 | See Source »

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