The bottom line is, we're trained to shoot to stop the threat. Hollywood has this perception that we are such marksmen we can shoot an arm or leg with accuracy. We can't. These guys were in a very tense situation. In their minds they had to believe this person was an imminent threat to themselves or the people on the plane. |
The person was screaming, saying he would blow up the plane, reaching into his bag ? they had to react. |
We're actually taking a wait-and-see attitude with this. |