Straight from the South Seas

Straight from the South Seas
Retired Expat living the Philippines

Augustus Summerfield Merrimon

This Blog is dedicated to my great-great-grand uncle who was a Democratic US Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1873 and 1879.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Small plane crashes into IRS building in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas — A software engineer crashed a small plane into an office building that houses federal tax employees Thursday, setting off a raging fire that sent workers fleeing as thick plumes of black smoke poured into the air.Fire officials said one person in the building was unaccounted for after the plane slammed into the second story. Two people were taken to the hospital.The FBI identified the pilot as Joseph Stack, whose home was set on fire just before the crash. Three federal law enforcement sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still pending, said that evidence gathered so far indicates that Stack wrote a 3,000-word "manifesto" posted on the Internet. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-02-18-plane-crash-building_N.htm

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