Terrorist Attack? Nope. Just A 74 Y.O. Driving His Car Through The Airport

[matcom]

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TAMPA - A 74-year-old man crashed his sport-utility vehicle through a set of glass doors and into a baggage claim area at Tampa International Airport on Friday, injuring another man.

Charles J. Plaskowsky of Oldsmar was trying to parallel-park his 2001 Nissan Xterra about 2:30 p.m. when he accidentally gunned the vehicle in reverse, sending it smashing through the doors, said airport spokeswoman Brenda Geoghagan.

Another 74-year-old man, John S. Barram of Lakeland, was pinned beneath the Xterra. He was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital with minor injuries and expected to be released Friday night, a hospital spokesman said.

The accident happened near baggage belt No. 5, which serves Northwest and KLM airlines, Geoghagan said. Dozens of people were in the area at the time, but no one else was injured.

Tampa airport police and local rescue workers swarmed the scene of the accident, which some passengers initially feared might be a terrorist attack. The emergency crews used a car jack from the Xterra to lift the vehicle and free Barram, Geoghagan said.

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/06/19/Tampabay/Driver_crash_parks_at.shtml

[girl gone mad]

1. Trying to parallel park?

I sympathize.

[Parche]

2. attack

No it had to be a Terra ist attack
Everything these days is a Terra ist attack

[WilliamPitt]

3. An XTerra attack

[matcom]

4. LMAO

indeed