flighty 0 #1 July 26, 2004 Any mysterious middle eastern men taking parachute lessons lately and interested in learning how to steer, but not land? http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/3576759/detail.html Police Investigate Parachute Reports On DNC Eve Officers Providing Few Details Of What May Have Been Drill POSTED: 6:22 a.m. EDT July 26, 2004 UPDATED: 8:04 a.m. EDT July 26, 2004 BOSTON -- State police are still investigating reports that parachutists landed near the FleetCenter Sunday night, but there is little information about what may have been only a security drill. The FleetCenter is the site of the Democratic National Convention, which begins Monday night. NewsCenter 5's Gail Huff reported that military police called in reports just after midnight that two parachutists had landed in the yard of the Charles River Park condominium complex. Additional reports indicated there were also parachutists on the top of the Tip O'Neill Federal Building located next door to the FleetCenter. Before police helicopters arrived, officers on the ground covered the area, sending officers to the roofs of the buildings. SWAT teams went to the top of the federal building. All available state and local officers responded, some with K9 units. Nothing was found and state police said no one was arrested. Sunday was a busy day for officers patroling the city, harbor and skies around the FleetCenter. On city roads, unscheduled stops were the norm for many truck drivers trying to get through the city's roads and tunnels. On the city's mass transit system, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority was also conducting random searches of commuters, who were advised to travel lightly. During demonstrations on Beacon Hill Sunday, state police officers were wearing full riot gear, ready for combat. Armed, camouflage-wearing soldiers are patroling the old elevated railway near the FleetCenter in groups of threes, and bike-riding Boston police officers were blanketing the parks. ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 July 26, 2004 Great, now every god damned time a jumper lands off, its gonna get phoned in as a terrorist attack...or worst! --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #3 July 26, 2004 Well... whats wierd about this is that the closetest DZ to Boston is north of the actual city and has been inactive recently (closed) - so this is very odd. I would be concerned hearing about people jumping in that area. Plus, for anyone who's been to Boston, landing near the fleet center would be INCREDIBLY difficult given the large cable stayed bridges recently errected there in addition to the gravel company with large cranes right next to it - not even mentioning the double-decked elevated highway through there. Its such a mess. My husbands company (in Providence) has many people who work in Boston and all the danm hype surrounding the convention has made it so that those people aren't even going into work at all - since they have all the roads closed. Ya, that makes sense. Have a convention that totally inconveniences the people that live there! JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #4 July 26, 2004 ehhhh... any chance they were Base jumpers, and not skydivers?Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flighty 0 #5 July 26, 2004 Well, the local media has been calling them "paratroupers" So I'm not sure I trust any of the reporting. ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #6 July 26, 2004 It wasn't me.I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #7 July 26, 2004 LMAO! I was just gonna PM you and make fun of you for this thread JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #8 July 26, 2004 Putting money on BASE. The Tip O'Neill Federal Building is a wee bit tall Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #9 July 26, 2004 yea you know i stopped making Bombs a week ago I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BASE813 0 #10 July 26, 2004 how tall is the Building? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #11 July 26, 2004 damn! sounds like they had good ground crew and a solid getaway plan... very nice....____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #12 July 26, 2004 Or it was a training exercise that they just don't want to talk about. Or maybe they were stealing something. Hey, didn't I see that in a movie once? Drudge was running this as a developing story late last night but offered up no details. Today he has no mention of it.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #13 July 26, 2004 following the 'its terrorists!! they are going to kill us all" developing panic..... given the small number of BASE jumpers in the world, where exactly do you think they got their training at ??? the simplest answer is usually correct, no matter how high they raise the wolf puppet and play the scary soundtrack... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #14 July 26, 2004 Based on the current tension between some of the people in the ever so small BASE community, what was Felix and some of the other Red Bull sponsored BASE jumpers doing in Bean town? Of course I'm only kidding here folks. This story reeks (sp?) of more fear mongering by the media. Yes we BASE jumpers (or skydivers) are evil terrorists and the democrates better watch out as we plan on falling in on their party this week. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fast 0 #15 July 26, 2004 Quotedamn! sounds like they had good ground crew and a solid getaway plan... very nice.... Yea... Though it doesn't seem like the optimal time to choose to base a building like that.~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattjw916 2 #16 July 26, 2004 Personally I think it was Wesley Snipes chasing Gary Busey who was using the terrorist threat as a ruse to steal the IMF NOC-list... NSCR-2376, SCR-15080 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #17 July 26, 2004 I'd put money on BASE jumpers. it would have to be a pretty eleaborate police training thing to use all those officers, and risk them hurting themselves on the jump. I'm sure the cops know that it was just base jumpers, but they have to do the full 9 yards of response anyways, and they probably don't want to tell the media that some base jumpers made a fool of them. so they will try to keep it quiet, i bet. MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
