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Before 9/11, there were 33 U.S. air marshals in the skies. Since then, the U.S. has hired thousands (the precise number is classified) to help prevent another terrorist attack. None has had to fire a weapon in the line of duty post-9/11 until Wednesday, when a federal air marshal shot and killed Rigoberto Alpizar, a 44-year-old U.S. citizen who authorities say claimed he had a bomb, on a plane in a Miami airport...
...According to a witness, Alpizar suddenly ran off of American Airlines Flight 924, which had stopped off in Miami en route from Medellin, Colombia, to Orlando. He was pursued by two air marshals who were aboard the flight while his wife, Anne Buechner, tried to explain that Alpizar was ill and had not taken his medication. "When the incident began and he uttered something to the effect that he had a bomb, the federal air marshals came out of cover," Jim Bauer, special agent in charge of the Miami field office of the Federal Air Marshal Service, told TIME. "They...
...Last year, TIME reporter Sally B. Donnelly was the first journalist allowed to train with air marshal recruits. Read her story here...
...will serve as the chief organizers for the Class of 2006 after graduation. Borden and Kadakia were named to lifelong terms as secretary and treasurer, respectively. Until Commencement, they will also serve on the executive committee of the Senior Class Committee, along with First Class Marshal Tracy Tyrone Moore II ’06 and Second Class Marshal Neil K. Mehta ’06, who were elected by their classmates in early October. “I think we picked two people who are fantastic,” said Mehta, who helped select Borden and Kadakia...
Theodore E. Chestnut ’06, a senior class marshal and former Undergraduate Council representative, is a fixture on FM’s As It Were page for a reason (the reason is love...